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mkjv@1Samuel:1:1 @ And there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim from the hills of Ephraim, and his name [was] Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:2 @ And he had two wives, the name of the one [was] Hannah, and the name of the second, Peninnah. And Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:3 @ And this man went up out of his city from year to year, to worship and to sacrifice to the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, [were] there.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:4 @ And the time came that Elkanah offered, he gave portions to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:5 @ But to Hannah he gave one double portion, for he loved Hannah. But the LORD had shut up her womb.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:6 @ And her foe also provoked her grievously, in order to make her tremble, because the LORD had shut up her womb.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:7 @ And [as] he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her. And she wept and did not eat.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:8 @ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Hannah, why do you weep? And why do you not eat? And why is your heart grieved? [Am] I not better to you than ten sons?

mkjv@1Samuel:1:9 @ And Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh and after they had drunk. And Eli the priest sat on the seat by the side post of the temple of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:10 @ And she [was] in bitterness of soul, and prayed to the LORD, and wept sorely.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:11 @ And she vowed a vow and said, O, Lord of hosts, if You will indeed look upon the affliction of Your handmaid and remember me, and not forget Your handmaid, but will give to Your handmaid a man-child, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no razor come upon his head.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:12 @ And it happened as she continued praying before the LORD, Eli noticed her mouth.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:13 @ Now Hannah spoke in her heart, only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard. And Eli thought she had become drunk.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:14 @ And Eli said to her, How long will you be drunken? Put away your wine from you!

mkjv@1Samuel:1:15 @ And Hannah answered, No, my lord, I [am] a woman of a sorrowful spirit. I have neither drunk wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:16 @ Do not count your handmaid for a daughter of wickedness, for out of the abundance of my meditation and grief I have spoken until now.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:17 @ And Eli answered and said, Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant [to you] your petition that you have asked of Him.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:18 @ And she said, Let your handmaid find grace in your sight. So the woman went her way and ate, and her face was no longer [sad].

mkjv@1Samuel:1:19 @ And they rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah. And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the LORD remembered her.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:20 @ And it happened when the time had come around, Hannah conceived and bore a son and called his name Samuel, [saying], Because I have asked him of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:21 @ And the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:22 @ But Hannah did not go up. For she said to her husband, Until the child is weaned, and then I will bring him so that he may appear before the LORD and stay there forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:23 @ And Elkanah her husband said to her, Do what seems good to you. Stay until you have weaned him. Only may the LORD establish His word. So the woman stayed and gave her son suck until she weaned him.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:24 @ And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls and one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the LORD in Shiloh. And the child [was] young.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:25 @ And they killed a bull, and brought the child to Eli.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:26 @ And she said, O, my lord, [as] your soul lives, my lord, I [am] the woman who stood by you here, praying to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:27 @ For this boy I was praying, and the LORD has given me my petition which I asked of Him.

mkjv@1Samuel:1:28 @ And I have returned him to the LORD. As long as he lives, he shall be given to the LORD. And he worshiped the LORD there.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:1 @ And Hannah prayed and said, My heart rejoices in the LORD, my horn is exalted in the LORD. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in Your salvation.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:2 @ [There is] none holy as the LORD, for there is none beside You. Neither [is there] any rock like our God.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:3 @ Talk no more so very proudly. Remove arrogance out of your mouth, for the LORD is a God of knowledge, and by Him actions are weighed.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:4 @ The bows of the mighty [are] broken, and they that stumbled are girded with strength.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:5 @ [They that were] full have hired themselves out for bread, and they that were hungry ceased; yea, while the barren has borne seven, and she who had many sons has languished.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:6 @ The LORD kills and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:7 @ The LORD takes away, and He gives riches; He brings low; yea, He lifts up high.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:8 @ He raises up the poor out of the dust; He lifts up the needy from the dunghill to set [them] among princes; yea, He causes them to inherit a throne of honor; for to the LORD [are] the pillars of the earth; and He sets the habitable world on them.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:9 @ He keeps the feet of his saints, and the wicked are silenced in darkness; for by strength shall no man prevail.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:10 @ The foes of the LORD shall be broken to pieces. He thunders in the heavens upon them. The LORD shall judge the ends of the earth. And He shall give strength to His king, and exalts the horn of His anointed.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:11 @ And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child served the LORD before Eli the priest.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:12 @ And the sons of Eli [were] sons of Belial. They did not know the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:13 @ And the priests' custom with the people [was]: If any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:14 @ And [he] stuck [it] into the pan or kettle or caldron or pot. All that the flesh-hook brought up the priest took for himself. So they did in Shiloh to all the Israelites that came there.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:15 @ Yea, before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came and said to the man who sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest. For he will not have boiled flesh from you, but raw!

mkjv@1Samuel:2:16 @ And [if] any man said to him, Let them not fail to burn the fat at once, and then take as your soul desires, then he would answer him, No! But you shall give now! And if not, I will take it by force.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:17 @ And the sin of the young men was very great before the LORD. For men despised the offering of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:18 @ And Samuel served before the LORD, a child girded [with] a linen ephod.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:19 @ And his mother made him a little coat, and brought [it] to him from year to year when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:20 @ And Eli blessed Elkanah and his wife, and said, May the LORD give you seed of this woman for the loan which is loaned to the LORD. And they went to their own home.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:21 @ And the LORD visited Hannah so that she conceived, and she bore three sons and two daughters. And the child Samuel grew before the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:22 @ And Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who gathered [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:23 @ And he said to them, Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings by all the people.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:24 @ No, my sons, for [it is] no good report that I hear. You make the LORD's people to transgress.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:25 @ If one man sins against another, the judge shall judge him. But if a man sins against the LORD, who shall plead for him? But they did not listen to the voice of their father, because the LORD desired to kill them.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:26 @ And the child Samuel went on [growing] both in stature and in good [looks], both with the LORD and also with men.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:27 @ And there came a man of God to Eli, and said to him, So says the LORD: Did I plainly appear to the house of your father when they were in Egypt in Pharaoh's house?

mkjv@1Samuel:2:28 @ And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel [to be] My priest, to offer upon My altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? And did I give to the house of your father all the offerings made by fire from the sons of Israel?

mkjv@1Samuel:2:29 @ Why do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering, which I have commanded [in My] house? [Do you] honor your sons above Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?

mkjv@1Samuel:2:30 @ And the LORD God of Israel says, I said indeed, Your house and the house of your father should walk before Me forever. But now the LORD says, Be it far from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, and those that think little of Me shall be lightly regarded.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:31 @ Behold, the days come when I will cut off your arm and the arm of your father's house, so that no old man shall be in your house.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:32 @ And you shall see an adversary [in My] house, in all the good which he does with Israel. And there shall not be an old man in your house forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:33 @ And that man of yours [whom] I shall not cut off from My altar, shall be left in order to make your eyes fail, and to grieve your heart. And all the increase of your house shall die [young] men.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:34 @ And this [shall be] a sign to you, which shall come upon your two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day both of them shall die.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:35 @ And I will raise up a faithful priest to Myself, one who shall do according to what [is] in My heart and in My mind. And I will build him a sure house, and he shall walk before My anointed forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:2:36 @ And it shall be that everyone who is left in your house shall come [and] bow down to him for a piece of silver and a piece of bread. And [they] shall say, Please put me into one of the priests' offices so that I may eat a piece of bread.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:1 @ And the child Samuel served the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days. [There was] no open vision.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:2 @ And it happened at that time, when Eli [was] lying down in his place, and his eyes began to become dim so that he could not see.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:3 @ And the lamp of God had not gone out. And Samuel was lying down in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God [was].

mkjv@1Samuel:3:4 @ And the LORD called Samuel. And he answered, Here [am] I.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:5 @ And he ran to Eli, and said, Here [am] I. For you called me. And he said, I did not call. Go and lie down again. And he went to lie down.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:6 @ And the LORD called again, Samuel! And Samuel arose and went to Eli and said, Here [am] I, for you called me. And he answered, I did not call, my son. Go back, lie down.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:7 @ And Samuel did not yet know the LORD, and the word of the LORD had not yet been revealed to him.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:8 @ And the LORD called Samuel again, the third time. And he arose and went to Eli and said, Here [am] I, for you called me. And Eli saw that the LORD had called the child.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:9 @ And Eli said to Samuel, Go, lie down; and it shall be, if [One] calls you, you shall say, Speak, LORD, for Your servant hears. And Samuel went to lie down in his place.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:10 @ And the LORD came and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel! Then Samuel answered, Speak, for Your servant hears.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:11 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel at which both the ears of everyone who hears it shall tingle.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:12 @ In that day I will confirm to Eli all that which I have spoken as to his house, beginning and making an end.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:13 @ For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile and he did not restrain them.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:14 @ And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:15 @ And Samuel lay until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to show Eli the vision.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:16 @ And Eli called Samuel and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here [am] I.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:17 @ And he said, What [is] the word which He has said to you? Please do not hide [it] from me. God do so to you, and more also, if you hide a thing from me of all the words that He said to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:18 @ And Samuel told him all the words, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It [is] the LORD; let Him do what seems good to Him.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:19 @ And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him and let none of his words fall to the ground.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:20 @ And all Israel, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, knew that Samuel [was] established to be a prophet of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:3:21 @ And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:1 @ And the word of Samuel was [revealed] to all Israel. And Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Ebenezer. And the Philistines pitched in Aphek.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:2 @ And the Philistines put themselves in order against Israel. And the battle was joined. And Israel was beaten before the Philistines. And they killed about four thousand men of the army in the field.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:3 @ And when the people had come to the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD beaten us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh to us, so that when it comes among us it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:4 @ And the people sent to Shiloh in order to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts from there, [the ark] which dwells [between] the cherubs. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:5 @ And it happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:6 @ And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What is the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they saw that the ark of the LORD had come into the camp.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:7 @ And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God has come into the camp, And they said, Woe to us! For there has not been a thing like this before.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:8 @ Woe to us! Who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty gods? These [are] the gods that struck the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:9 @ Be strong and fight like men, O, Philistines, so that you may not be servants to the Hebrews, [as] they have been to you. Be men and fight!

mkjv@1Samuel:4:10 @ And the Philistines fought, and Israel was beaten, and each one of them fled into his tent. And there was a very great slaughter, for there fell thirty thousand footmen of Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:11 @ And the ark of God was taken. And Hophni and Phinehas, the two sons of Eli, were slain.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:12 @ And a man of Benjamin ran out of the army. And he came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes torn and with earth upon his head.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:13 @ And he came in, and behold, Eli sat on a seat by the wayside watching. For his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city and told [it], all the city cried out.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:14 @ And when Eli heard the noise of the crying, he said, What [is] the noise of this tumult? And the man hurried in and told Eli.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:15 @ And Eli was ninety-eight years old, and his eyes were set so that he could not see.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:16 @ And the man said to Eli, I [am] he who came out of the army, and I fled today out of the army. And he said, How did the matter go, my son?

mkjv@1Samuel:4:17 @ And the messenger answered and said, Israel has fled before the Philistines, and there has been a great slaughter among the people also. And also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God is taken.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:18 @ And it happened when he spoke of the ark of God, he fell backward off the seat, by the side of the gate. And his neck broke, and he died, for he was an old man, and heavy. And he had judged Israel forty years.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:19 @ And his daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, ready to be delivered. And when she heard the report that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and travailed, for her pains came upon her.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:20 @ And about the time of her death the women that stood by her said to her, Do not fear, for you have borne a son. But she did not answer, nor set her heart.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:21 @ And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory has departed from Israel, because the ark of God had been taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.

mkjv@1Samuel:4:22 @ And she said, The glory has departed from Israel, for the ark of God is taken.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:1 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:2 @ And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it beside Dagon.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:3 @ And when those of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon [had] fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And they took Dagon and set him in his place again.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:4 @ And when they arose early on the next morning, behold, Dagon [had] fallen on his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD. And the head of Dagon, and both the palms of his hands, [were cut off upon the threshold. Only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:5 @ And neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:6 @ And the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He destroyed them and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:7 @ And the men of Ashdod saw that [it was] so. And they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us. For His hand is sore upon us and upon Dagon our god.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:8 @ And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines to them. And they said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they answered, Let the ark of the God of Israel be carried around to Gath. And they carried the ark of the God of Israel around.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:9 @ And it happened after they had carried it around, the hand of the LORD was against the city [with] a very great destruction. And He struck the men of the city, both small and great, and hemorrhoids broke forth in them.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:10 @ And it happened that they sent the ark of God [to] Ekron. And it happened as the ark of God came to Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to us in order to kill us and our people.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:11 @ And they sent and gathered all the lords of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, so that it does not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly destruction throughout all the city. The hand of God was very heavy there.

mkjv@1Samuel:5:12 @ And the men that did not die were stricken with the hemorrhoids. And the cry of the city went up to the heavens.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:1 @ And the ark of the LORD was in the field of the Philistines seven months.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:2 @ And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the LORD? Tell us with what we shall send with it to its place.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:3 @ And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty. For you shall certainly send a guilt offering to him. Then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:4 @ And they said, What [shall be] the guilt offering which we shall return to Him? And they answered, Five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines. For one plague [was] on you all, and on your lords.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:5 @ And you shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice which mar the land. And you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps He will lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:6 @ And why do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and did they not depart?

mkjv@1Samuel:6:7 @ And now make a new cart, and take two milk cows on which there has come no yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:8 @ And take the ark of the LORD and lay it on the cart. And put the jewels of gold which you return to Him [for] a trespass offering in a box in its side. And send it away so that it may go.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:9 @ And watch. If it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we shall know that [it is] not His hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:10 @ And the men did so. And they took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:11 @ And they laid the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box [with] the mice of gold and the images of their hemorrhoids.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:12 @ And the cows took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, going along the highway, lowing as they went. And they did not turn aside [to] the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth-shemesh.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:13 @ And [the people] of Beth-shemesh [were] reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. And they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see [it].

mkjv@1Samuel:6:14 @ And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there and there was a great stone. And they cut the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:15 @ And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box in it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put [them] on the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:16 @ And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen, they returned [to] Ekron on that day.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:17 @ And these [are] the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned [for] a guilt offering to the LORD: for Ashdod, one; for Gaza, one; for Askelon one; for Gath, one; for Ekron, one.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:18 @ And the golden mice were [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines for the five lords, of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great meadow on which they set down the ark of the LORD to this day, in the field of Joshua the Bethshemite.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:19 @ And He struck the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD. He even struck seventy among the people, [including] fifty chief men. And the people lamented because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.

mkjv@1Samuel:6:20 @ And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? And to whom shall He go up from us?

mkjv@1Samuel:6:21 @ And they sent messengers to the people of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD. Come down [and] bring it up to yourselves.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:1 @ And the men of Kirjath-jearim came and brought up the ark of the LORD, and brought it into the house of Abinadab in the hill. And they sanctified Eleazar his son to keep the ark of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:2 @ And it happened from the day the ark [began] to dwell in Kirjath-jearim, the days became many; yea, they were twenty years. And all the house of Israel yearned after the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:3 @ And Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel saying, If you return to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts to the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:4 @ And the sons of Israel put away the Baals and the Ashtaroth, and served the LORD only.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:5 @ And Samuel said, Gather all Israel to Mizpeh, and I will pray for you to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:6 @ And they were gathered to Mizpeh, and drew water, and poured out before the LORD, and fasted on that day, and said there, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel judged the sons of Israel in Mizpeh.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:7 @ And the Philistines heard that the sons of Israel had come together to Mizpeh. And the lords of the Philistines went up against Israel. And the sons of Israel heard, and they were afraid of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:8 @ And the sons of Israel said to Samuel, Do not cease from crying to the LORD our God for us, so that He will save us out of the hand of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:9 @ And Samuel took a suckling lamb, and offered a whole burnt offering to the LORD. And Samuel cried to the LORD for Israel, and the LORD answered him.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:10 @ And it happened [as] Samuel was offering up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. But the LORD thundered with a great noise on that day on the Philistines, and troubled them. And they were beaten before Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:11 @ And the men of Israel went out of Mizpeh, and pursued the Philistines, and struck them as far as below Beth-car.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:12 @ And Samuel took a stone and set [it] between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Ebenezer, saying, The LORD has helped us until now.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:13 @ And the Philistines were beaten, and they did not come any more into the border of Israel. And the hand of the LORD was against the Philistines all the days of Samuel.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:14 @ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were given back to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath. And Israel delivered its borders out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:15 @ And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:16 @ And he went from year to year in a circuit to Bethel and Gilgal and Mizpeh, and judged Israel [in] all those places.

mkjv@1Samuel:7:17 @ And his return [was] to Ramah, for his house [was] there. And he judged Israel there. And he built an altar there to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:1 @ And it happened when Samuel was old, he made his sons judges over Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:2 @ And the name of his first-born was Joel, and the name of his second was Abiah, judges in Beer-sheba.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:3 @ And his sons did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after ill gain and took bribes and perverted judgment.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:4 @ And all the elders of Israel gathered themselves and came to Samuel to Ramah.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:5 @ And [they] said to him, Behold, you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now make us a king to judge us like all the nations.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:6 @ But the thing was evil in the eyes of Samuel, when they said, Give us a king to judge us. And Samuel prayed to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:7 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to the voice of the people in all that they say to you. For they have not rejected you, but they have rejected Me, that I should not reign over them.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:8 @ According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even until this day-- works] with which they have forsaken Me and served other gods-- so they do also to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:9 @ And now listen to their voice. Only, you shall surely protest solemnly to them, and show them the kind of king who shall reign over them.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:10 @ And Samuel told all the words of the LORD to the people who asked a king of him.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:11 @ And he said, This will be the privilege of the king who shall reign over you. He shall take your sons and appoint [them] for himself, for his chariots, and his horsemen. And they shall run before his chariots.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:12 @ And [he] will appoint commanders over thousands, and commanders over fifties, and some to plow his ground and reap his harvest, and make his weapons of war and weapons for his chariots.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:13 @ And he will take your daughters [to be] perfumers and cooks and bakers.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:14 @ And he will take your fields and your vineyards and your olive-yards, the best, and give [them] to his servants.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:15 @ And he will take the tenth of your seed and of your vineyards, and give [it] to his eunuchs and to his servants.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:16 @ And he will take your male slaves and your slave girls, and your finest young men, and your asses, and put [them] to his work.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:17 @ He will take the tenth of your sheep, and you shall be his servants.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:18 @ And you shall cry out in that day because of your king whom you have chosen for yourselves, and the LORD will not answer you in that day.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:19 @ But the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel. And they said, No, but we will have a king over us.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:20 @ And we shall be, also we, like all the nations, so that our king may judge us and go out before us and fight our battles.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:21 @ And Samuel heard all the words of the people, and he repeated them in the ears of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:8:22 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, Listen to their voice, and make them a king. And Samuel said to the men of Israel, Every man go to his city.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:1 @ And there was a man of Benjamin, and his name [was] Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:2 @ And he had a son named Saul, a young and handsome one. And there was not a man among the sons of Israel more handsome than he, being taller than any of the people from his shoulder and upward.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:3 @ And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Please take one of the servants with you and rise, and go look for the asses.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:4 @ And he passed through mount Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find [them]. And they passed through the land of Shaalim, and nothing there. And he passed through the land of Benjamin, but they did not find [them].

mkjv@1Samuel:9:5 @ And they came to the land of Zuph, and Saul said to his servant who [was] with him, Come and let us return lest my father quit [caring] for the asses, and be anxious about us.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:6 @ And he said to him, Behold now, in this city [is] a man of God, and an honorable man. All that he says surely comes to pass. Now let us go there. Perhaps he can declare our way to us, how to go.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:7 @ Then Saul said to his young man, But behold, [if] we go, what shall we bring the man? For the bread in our vessels is gone, and [there is] no present to bring to the man of God. What do we have?

mkjv@1Samuel:9:8 @ And the young man answered Saul again, and said, Behold, I have found the fourth of a shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God to tell us our way.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:9 @ (In the old days in Israel, when a man went to inquire of God, he said this: Come, let us go to the seer, for the prophet of today was before called a seer.)

mkjv@1Samuel:9:10 @ And Saul said to his young man, Your word is good. Come, let us go. So they went into the city where the man of God [was].

mkjv@1Samuel:9:11 @ [As] they went up the hill to the city, they found young women going out to draw water, and said to them, Is the seer here?

mkjv@1Samuel:9:12 @ And they answered them and said, He is. Behold, [he is] before you. Hurry now, for he came today to the city, for [there is] a feast of the people today in the high place.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:13 @ As you come to the city, you shall immediately find him before he goes up to the high place to eat. For the people will not eat until he comes, because he blesses the feast. Afterwards those who have been invited eat. And now go up, for about this time you shall find him.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:14 @ And they went up into the city. When they had come into the middle of the city, behold, Samuel came out to meet them, to go up to the high place.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:15 @ And the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

mkjv@1Samuel:9:16 @ Tomorrow about this time I will send you a man out of the land of Benjamin. And you shall anoint him [to be] leader over My people Israel, so that he may save My people out of the hand of the Philistines. For I have looked on My people because their cry has come to Me.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:17 @ And when Samuel saw Saul, the LORD said to him, Behold the man of whom I spoke to you! This [one] shall reign over My people.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:18 @ And Saul drew near to Samuel in the gate and said, Please tell me where the seer's house [is].

mkjv@1Samuel:9:19 @ And Samuel answered Saul and said, I [am] the seer. Go up before me to the high place. For you shall eat with me today, and tomorrow I will let you go, and will tell you all that is in your heart.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:20 @ And as to the asses [which were] lost to you three days ago, do not set your mind on them. For they are found. And on whom [is] all the desire of Israel? Is it not on you and on all your father's house?

mkjv@1Samuel:9:21 @ And Saul answered and said, [Am] I not a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? And [is] not my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin? Why then do you speak so to me?

mkjv@1Samuel:9:22 @ And Samuel took Saul and his young man and brought them into the room, and gave them a place at the head of the invited ones, about thirty persons.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:23 @ And Samuel said to the cook, Bring that part which I gave you, [of] which I said to you, Set it beside you.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:24 @ And the cook took up the shoulder and that on it, and set [it] before Saul. And Samuel said, Behold that which is reserved! Set [it] before you [and] eat. For until this set time it has been kept for you, since I said, I have invited the people. And Saul ate with Samuel that day.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:25 @ And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul on the top of the house.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:26 @ And they arose early. And it happened about the spring of the day that Samuel called Saul to the top of the house, saying, Up, so that I may send you away. And Saul arose, and both of them went out, he and Samuel outside.

mkjv@1Samuel:9:27 @ They were going down to the end of the city, and Samuel said to Saul, Tell the servant to pass on before us and pass on. And you stand still awhile, so that I may cause you to hear the word of God.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:1 @ And Samuel took a vial of oil and poured on his head, and kissed him, and said, [Is it] not because the LORD has anointed you for a leader over His inheritance?

mkjv@1Samuel:10:2 @ When you have departed from me today, then you shall find two men by Rachel's tomb in the border of Benjamin at Zelzah. And they will say to you, The asses which you went to seek are found. And, lo, your father has quit caring for the asses and sorrows for you, saying, What shall I do for my son?

mkjv@1Samuel:10:3 @ And you shall go forward from there, and you shall come to the great tree of Tabor. And there you shall meet three men going up to God to Bethel, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a skin of wine.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:4 @ And they will greet you and give you two [loaves] of bread, which you shall take from their hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:5 @ After that you shall come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines [is]. And it will happen to you when you come there to the city, even you shall meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a harp and a tambourine and a flute and a lyre before them. And they shall prophesy.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:6 @ And the spirit of the LORD will come powerfully on you, and you shall prophesy with them, and shall be turned into another man.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:7 @ And it will be when these signs have come to you, you will do for yourself what your hand finds; for God [is] with you.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:8 @ And you shall go down before me to Gilgal. And, behold, I will come down to you to offer burnt offerings [and] to sacrifice peace offerings. You shall stay seven days until I come to you and make known to you what you shall do.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:9 @ And it happened when he had turned his back to go from Samuel, God changed him with another heart. And all those signs came on that day.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:10 @ And they came there to the hill, behold, a company of prophets met him. And the Spirit of God came on him, and he prophesied among them.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:11 @ And it happened when all who knew him before saw him, behold, he prophesied among the prophets. And the people said to one another, What [is] this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?

mkjv@1Samuel:10:12 @ And a man from there answered and said, And who [is] their father? Therefore it became a proverb, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?

mkjv@1Samuel:10:13 @ And he finished from prophesying, and he came to the high place.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:14 @ And Saul's uncle said to him and to his young man, Where did you go? And he said, To look for the asses. And when we saw that [they were] nowhere, we came to Samuel.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:15 @ And Saul's uncle said, Please tell me, what Samuel said to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:16 @ And Saul said to his uncle, He told us plainly that the asses were found. But he did not tell him of the matter of the kingdom of which Samuel spoke.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:17 @ And Samuel called the people together to the LORD to Mizpeh.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:18 @ And he said to the sons of Israel, So says the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, of those who oppressed you.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:19 @ And you have this day rejected your God who Himself saved you out of all your calamities and your tribulations. And you have said to Him, But set a king over us. And now present yourselves before the LORD by your tribes and by your thousands.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:20 @ And when Samuel had caused all the tribes of Israel to come near, the tribe of Benjamin was taken.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:21 @ When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken. And they looked for him, but he could not be found.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:22 @ And they inquired of the LORD further, Has the man yet come here? And the LORD answered, Behold, he is hiding himself among the baggage.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:23 @ And they ran and brought him from there. And when he stood among the people, he was taller than all of the people from the shoulders and upward.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:24 @ And Samuel said to all the people, Do you see him whom the LORD has chosen, that [there is] none like him among all the people? And all the people shouted, and said, Let the king live!

mkjv@1Samuel:10:25 @ Then Samuel told the people the duties of the kingdom, and wrote in a book and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his house.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:26 @ And Saul also went home to Gibeah. And a band of men went with him, whose hearts God had touched.

mkjv@1Samuel:10:27 @ But the sons of Belial said, How shall this man save us? And they despised him and brought him no present. But he was silent.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:1 @ And Nahash the Ammonite came up and camped against Jabesh-gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, Make a covenant with us, and we will serve you.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:2 @ And Nahash the Ammonite answered them, With this I will make a covenant with you, when all your right eyes are dug out and I will make it a reproach on all Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:3 @ And the elders of Jabesh said to him, Bear with us seven days, so that we may send messengers to all the territory of Israel. And then if [there is] no man to save us, we will come out to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:4 @ Then the messengers came to Gibeah of Saul, and told the news in ears of the people. And all the people lifted up their voices and wept.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:5 @ And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field. And Saul said, What [is wrong] with the people that they weep? And they told him the words of the men of Jabesh.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:6 @ And the Spirit of God came powerfully on Saul when he heard those words, and his anger was kindled greatly.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:7 @ And he took a yoke of oxen and cut them in pieces, and sent throughout all the territory of Israel by the hands of messengers, saying, Whoever does not come out after Saul and after Samuel, so shall it be done to his oxen. And the fear of the LORD fell on the people, and they came out as one man.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:8 @ And when he numbered them in Bezek, the sons of Israel were three hundred thousand, and the men of Judah thirty thousand.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:9 @ And they said to the messengers that came, So shall you say to the men of Jabesh-gilead, Tomorrow by [the time] the sun is hot, you shall have help. And the messengers came and told the men of Jabesh, and they were glad.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:10 @ And the men of Jabesh said, Tomorrow we will come out to you, and you shall do with us all that seems good to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:11 @ And it was [so] on the next day, Saul put the people in three companies, and they came into the middle of the army at the morning watch. And they killed the Ammonites until the heat of the day. And the ones who remained were scattered, so that two of them were not left together.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:12 @ And the people said to Samuel, Who [is] he that said, Shall Saul reign over us? Bring the men so that we may put them to death.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:13 @ And Saul said, There shall not a man be put to death this day, for today the LORD has worked salvation in Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:14 @ Then Samuel said to the people, Come and let us go to Gilgal and renew the kingdom there.

mkjv@1Samuel:11:15 @ And all the people went [to] Gilgal, and made Saul king before the LORD in Gilgal, and there they sacrificed sacrifices of peace offerings before the LORD. And there Saul and all the men of Israel rejoiced greatly.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:1 @ And Samuel said to all Israel, Behold, I have listened to your voice in all that you said to me, and have made a king over you.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:2 @ And now, behold, the king walks before you. And I am old and gray-headed, and, behold, my sons [are] with you. And I have walked before you from my childhood to this day.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:3 @ Behold, here I [am]. Witness against me before the LORD and before His anointed. Whose ox have I taken? Or whose ass have I taken? Or whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? Or from whose hand have I received a bribe, to blind my eyes with it? And I will restore it to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:4 @ And they said, You have not defrauded us nor oppressed us, neither have you taken from any man's hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:5 @ And he said to them, The LORD [is] witness against you, and His anointed [is] witness this day, that you have not found anything in my hand. And they answered, He is witness.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:6 @ And Samuel said to the people, [It is] the LORD who made Moses and Aaron, and who brought your fathers up out of the land of Egypt.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:7 @ And now stand still, so that I may reason with you before the LORD of all the righteous acts of the LORD which He did to you and to your fathers.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:8 @ When Jacob had come into Egypt, and your fathers cried to the LORD, then the LORD sent Moses and Aaron, who brought your fathers out of Egypt and made them live in this place.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:9 @ And they forgot the LORD their God. And He sold them into the hand of Sisera, captain of the army of Hazor, and into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the king of Moab, and they fought against them.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:10 @ And they cried to the LORD, and said, We have sinned because we have forsaken the LORD, and have served the Baals and Ashtoreths. But now deliver us out of the hand of our enemies, and we will serve You.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:11 @ And the LORD sent Jerubbaal, and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Samuel, and delivered you out of the hand of your enemies on every side, and you lived safely.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:12 @ And when you saw that Nahash the king of the sons of Ammon came against you, you said to me, No, but a king shall reign over us, even though the LORD your God [was] your King.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:13 @ And now, behold the king whom you have chosen, whom you have desired! And behold, the LORD has set a king over you!

mkjv@1Samuel:12:14 @ If you will fear the LORD, and serve Him, and listen to His voice, and not rebel against the command of the LORD, then both you and also the king who reigns over you shall continue following the LORD your God.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:15 @ But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD, but rebel against the command of the LORD, then the hand of the LORD shall be against you as [it was] against your fathers.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:16 @ Also, now stand and see this great thing which the LORD shall do before your eyes.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:17 @ [Is it] not wheat harvest today? I will call to the LORD, and He shall send thunder and rain, so that you may perceive and see that your wickedness is great, that which you have done in the sight of the LORD, in asking a king for you.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:18 @ And Samuel called to the LORD, And the LORD sent thunder and rain that day. And all the people greatly feared the LORD and Samuel.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:19 @ And all the people said to Samuel, Pray for your servants to the LORD your God, so that we will not die. For we have added evil to all our sins, to ask a king for us.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:20 @ And Samuel said to the people, Do not fear. You have done all this wickedness. Yet do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:21 @ And do not turn aside to go after vanities, which cannot profit nor deliver. For they [are] vain.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:22 @ For the LORD will not forsake His people for His great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you His people.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:23 @ Also, I, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD from ceasing to pray for you. But I will teach you the good and the right way.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:24 @ Only fear the LORD, and serve Him in truth with all your heart. For consider what great [things] He has done for you.

mkjv@1Samuel:12:25 @ But if you shall still do wickedly, both you and your king, will be swept away.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:1 @ Saul reigned one year, and when he had reigned two more years over Israel,

mkjv@1Samuel:13:2 @ then Saul chose for himself three thousand from Israel. Two thousand of these were with Saul in Michmash and in mount Bethel, and a thousand were with Jonathan in Gibeah of Benjamin. And of the rest of the people he sent each man to his tent.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:3 @ And Jonathan struck the garrison of the Philistines in Geba, and the Philistines heard. And Saul blew the ram's horn throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:4 @ And all Israel heard, saying, Saul has struck a garrison of the Philistines, and also Israel has made himself stink to the Philistines. And the people were called to Gilgal after Saul.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:5 @ And the Philistines gathered to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people like the sand on the seashore in multitude. And they came up and pitched in Michmash, eastward from Beth-aven.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:6 @ And the men of Israel saw that they were in a tight place (for the people were distressed). And the people hid themselves in caves, and in thickets, and in rocks, and in high places, and in pits.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:7 @ And the Hebrews went over Jordan to the land of Gad and Gilead. And Saul [was] still in Gilgal, and all the people followed him, trembling.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:8 @ And he waited seven days, according to the set time with Samuel. But Samuel did not come to Gilgal. And the people were scattered from him.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:9 @ And Saul said, Bring a burnt offering here to me, and peace offerings. And he offered the burnt offering.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:10 @ And it happened as soon as he had made an end of offering the burnt offering, behold, Samuel came. And Saul went out to meet him and to kneel to him.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:11 @ And Samuel said, What have you done? And Saul said, Because I saw that the people were scattered from me, and you did not come in the days appointed, and the Philistines gathered themselves at Michmash,

mkjv@1Samuel:13:12 @ and I said, The Philistines will come down now on me to Gilgal, and I have not made supplication to the LORD. And I forced myself and offered a burnt offering.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:13 @ And Samuel said to Saul, You have done foolishly. You have not kept the commandment of the LORD your God, which He commanded you. For now the LORD would have established your kingdom on Israel forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:14 @ But now your kingdom shall not stand. The LORD has sought Him a man after His own heart, and the LORD has appointed him to be leader over His people, because you have not kept what the LORD commanded you.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:15 @ And Samuel arose and went up from Gilgal to Gibeah of Benjamin. And Saul numbered the people present with him, about six hundred men.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:16 @ And Saul, and his son Jonathan, and the people present with them, stayed in Gibeah of Benjamin. But the Philistines camped in Michmash.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:17 @ And the spoilers came out of the camp of the Philistines in three companies. One company turned to the way [to] Ophrah, to the land of Shual.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:18 @ And another company turned the way [to] Beth-horon. And one company turned the way of the border that looks toward the valley of Zeboim toward the wilderness.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:19 @ And there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel. For the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:20 @ But all the Israelites went down [to] the Philistines, each man to sharpen his plowshare, and his mattock, and his axe, and his coulter.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:21 @ And there was the [charge] of a pim for the plowshares, and for the mattocks, and for the three-pronged forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the plowshares.

mkjv@1Samuel:13:22 @ And it happened in the day of battle there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people with Saul and Jonathan. But with Saul and with his son Jonathan there [was] found [sword and spear].

mkjv@1Samuel:13:23 @ And the garrison of the Philistines went out to the passage of Michmash.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:1 @ And the day came that Jonathan the son of Saul said to the young man who bore his armor, Come and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison which [is] on the other side. But he did not tell his father.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:2 @ And Saul stayed in the edge of Gibeah under the pomegranate tree in Migron. And the people who were with him were about six hundred men.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:3 @ And Ahiah, the son of Ahitub, Ichabod's brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD's priest in Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan was gone.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:4 @ And between the passages by which Jonathan sought to go over to the Philistines' garrison [there was] a rocky crag on the one [side] and a rocky crag on the other [side]. And the name of the one [was] Bozez, and the name of the other Seneh.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:5 @ The one crag [was] a pillar on the north in front of Michmash, and the other southward in front of Gibeah.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:6 @ And Jonathan said to the young man who bore his armor, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised ones. It may be that the LORD will work for us. For [there is] no restraint to the LORD, to save by many or by few.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:7 @ And his armor-bearer said to him, Do all that [is] in your heart. Turn, for behold, I am with you according to your heart.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:8 @ And Jonathan said, Behold, we will go over to [these] men, and we will show ourselves to them.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:9 @ If they say this to us, Stand still until we come to you, then we will stand still [in] our place and will not go up to them.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:10 @ But if they say this, Come up to us, then we will go up, for the LORD has delivered them up into our hand. And this [shall be] a sign to us.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:11 @ And both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines. And the Philistines said, Behold, the Hebrews come out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:12 @ And the men of the garrison answered Jonathan and his armor-bearer and said, Come up to us, and we will teach you a thing. And Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, Come up after me, for the LORD has delivered them into the hand of Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:13 @ And Jonathan climbed up on his hands and feet, and his armor-bearer after him. And they fell before Jonathan, and his armor-bearer killed after him.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:14 @ And this [was] the first blow, when Jonathan and his armor-bearer struck about twenty men in about half of a furrow of an acre of a field.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:15 @ And there was trembling in the army, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the spoilers also trembled, and the earth quaked, and it was a very great trembling.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:16 @ And the watchmen of Saul in Gibeah of Benjamin looked, and behold, the multitude had melted away and went on here and there.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:17 @ And Saul said to the people with him, Number now and see who is gone from us. And when they had counted, behold, Jonathan and his armor-bearer [were] not [there.]

mkjv@1Samuel:14:18 @ And Saul said to Ahiah, Bring the ark of God here. For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:19 @ And it happened, while Saul talked to the priest, the noise in the army of the Philistines went on and grew greater. And Saul said to the priest, Withdraw your hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:20 @ And Saul and all the people with him gathered, and they went to the battle. And, behold, every man's sword [was] against his fellow, a very great panic.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:21 @ And the Hebrews that [were] with the Philistines before, who had gone up with them into the camp all around, even they also [turned] to be with the Israelites who were with Saul and Jonathan.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:22 @ And all the men of Israel who had hidden themselves in mount Ephraim heard that the Philistines had fled, even they also followed them in the battle.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:23 @ And the LORD saved Israel that day, and the battle passed over to Beth-aven.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:24 @ And the men of Israel were distressed on that day. For Saul had commanded the people, saying, Cursed [is] the man that eats food until evening, so that I may be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted any food.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:25 @ And all the [men of] the land came into a forest, and there was honey on the ground.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:26 @ And when the people had come into the woods, behold, a flow of honey! But no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:27 @ But Jonathan did not hear when his father made the people swear. And [he] put forth the end of the rod in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth. And his eyes were lightened.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:28 @ And one from the people answered and said, Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, Cursed [is] the man who eats food this day. And the people were weary.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:29 @ Then Jonathan said, My father has troubled the land. Please see how my eyes have been lightened because I tasted a little of this honey.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:30 @ How much more if the people had happened to eat freely today of the spoil of their enemies which they found? For would not there have been a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?

mkjv@1Samuel:14:31 @ And they struck the Philistines that day from Michmash to Aijalon, and the people were very faint.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:32 @ And the people flew on the spoil, and took sheep and oxen and calves, and killed [them] on the ground. And the people ate with the blood.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:33 @ And they told Saul, saying, Behold, the people sin against the LORD in that they eat with the blood. And he said, You have transgressed. Roll a great stone to me today.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:34 @ And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people and say to them, Let each one bring his ox here, and each man his sheep, and kill [them] here, and eat. And do not sin against the LORD in eating with the blood. And each man of all the people brought his ox in his hand that night, and killed them there.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:35 @ And Saul built an altar to the LORD. The same was the first altar that he built to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:36 @ And Saul said, Let us go down after the Philistines by night and spoil them until the morning light, and let us not leave a man of them. And they said, Do all that seems good to you. Then the priest said, Let us draw near here to God.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:37 @ And Saul asked counsel of God: Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You deliver them into the hand of Israel? But He answered him not that day.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:38 @ And Saul said, Draw near here, all the chief of the people, and know and see what this sin has been today.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:39 @ For, [as] the LORD lives, He who saves Israel, though it is in Jonathan my son, he shall surely die. But there was not a man among all the people who answered.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:40 @ Then he said to all Israel, You be on one side, and Jonathan my son and I will be on the other side. And the people said to Saul, Do what seems good to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:41 @ And Saul said to the LORD God of Israel, Give a perfect [lot]. And Saul and Jonathan were taken, but the people escaped.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:42 @ And Saul said, Cast [lots] between me and my son Jonathan. And Jonathan was taken.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:43 @ Then Saul said to Jonathan, Tell me what you have done. And Jonathan told him and said, I did but taste a little honey with the end of the rod in my hand. Behold me, I must die.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:44 @ And Saul answered, God do so and more also, for you shall surely die, Jonathan.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:45 @ And the people said to Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who has worked out this great salvation in Israel? Far be it! [As] the LORD lives, not one hair of his head shall fall to the ground, for he has worked with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, so that he did not die.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:46 @ Then Saul went up from following the Philistines. And the Philistines went to their own place.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:47 @ And Saul took the kingdom over Israel and fought against all his enemies on every side, with Moab, and with the sons of Ammon, and with Edom, and with the kings of Zobah, and with the Philistines. And wherever he turned himself, he troubled [them].

mkjv@1Samuel:14:48 @ And he gathered an army and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who spoiled them.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:49 @ And the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua. And the names of his two daughters: the first-born's name [was] Merab, and the name of the younger, Michal.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:50 @ And the name of Saul's wife [was] Ahinoam, the daughter of Ahimaaz. And the name of the commander of his army [was] Abner, the son of Ner, Saul's uncle.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:51 @ And Kish [was] the father of Saul. And Ner the father of Abner [was] the son of Abiel.

mkjv@1Samuel:14:52 @ And the war was heavy against the Philistines all the days of Saul. And when Saul saw any strong man, or any brave man, he took him to himself.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:1 @ And Samuel said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel. And now listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:2 @ So says the LORD of hosts, I will visit Amalek with what he did to Israel, how he set against him in the way when he came up from Egypt.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:3 @ Now go and strike Amalek, and completely destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:4 @ And Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:5 @ And Saul came to a city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:6 @ And Saul said to the Kenites, Go! Depart! Get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:7 @ And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah, as you come to Shur, which [is] over across from Egypt.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:8 @ And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive. And he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:9 @ But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fatlings and the lambs, and all [that was] good, and would not completely destroy them. But everything that was] vile and feeble they completely destroyed.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:10 @ And the word of the LORD came to Samuel saying,

mkjv@1Samuel:15:11 @ It repents Me that I have set up Saul [to be] king. For he has turned back from following Me and has not done My commands. And it grieved Samuel, and he cried [out to] the LORD all night.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:12 @ And when Samuel rose up early in the morning to meet Saul, it was told to Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone around and passed on and gone down to Gilgal.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:13 @ And Samuel came to Saul. And Saul said to him, You [are] blessed of the LORD. I have done the command of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:14 @ And Samuel said, What then [is] this bleating of the flock in my ears? And [what is] the sound of the herd which I hear?

mkjv@1Samuel:15:15 @ And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites. For the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the LORD your God. And the rest we have completely destroyed.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:16 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Stop! And I will tell you what the LORD has said to me tonight. And he said to him, Speak.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:17 @ And Samuel said, When you [were] little in your own sight, did you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? And the LORD anointed you king over Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:18 @ And the LORD sent you on the way and said, Go and completely destroy the sinners, Amalek, and fight against them until you destroy them.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:19 @ Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD? Why did you fly on the spoil and do evil in the sight of the LORD?

mkjv@1Samuel:15:20 @ And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have completely destroyed the Amalekites.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:21 @ But the people took from the spoil, of [the] flocks and herd, [the] best of the things devoted to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:22 @ And Samuel said, Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the LORD? Behold, to obey [is] better than sacrifice! To listen [is] better than the fat of rams!

mkjv@1Samuel:15:23 @ For rebellion [is as] the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idol-worship. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has also rejected you from being king!

mkjv@1Samuel:15:24 @ And Saul said to Samuel, I have sinned. For I have disobeyed the command of the LORD, and your word, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:25 @ And now please pardon my sin and turn again with me so that I may worship the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:26 @ And Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you, for you have rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD has rejected you from being king over Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:27 @ And Samuel turned around to go, and he laid hold on the skirt of his robe, and it tore.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:28 @ And Samuel said to him, The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day, and has given it to a neighbor of yours [who is] better than you.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:29 @ And also the Glory of Israel will not lie nor repent, for He [is] not a man that He should repent.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:30 @ Then he said, I have sinned. Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, and turn again with me. And I shall worship the LORD your God.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:31 @ And Samuel turned again after Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:32 @ And Samuel said, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him daintily. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:33 @ And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel cut Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:34 @ And Samuel went to Ramah. And Saul went up to his house to Gibeah of Saul.

mkjv@1Samuel:15:35 @ And Samuel never again saw Saul until the day of his death, for Samuel mourned for Saul. And the LORD repented that he had made Saul king over Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:1 @ And the LORD said to Samuel, How long will you mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I will send you to Jesse of Bethlehem. For I have seen a king for Me among his sons.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:2 @ And Samuel said, How can I go? If Saul hears, he will kill me. And the LORD said, Take a heifer of the herd in your hand with you and say, I have come to sacrifice to the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:3 @ And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you shall do. And you shall anoint for Me whomever I name to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:4 @ And Samuel did what the LORD said, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming and said, Do you come peaceably?

mkjv@1Samuel:16:5 @ And he said, Peaceably. I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:6 @ And it happened as they came in, he saw Eliab and said, Surely the LORD's anointed [is] before the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:7 @ But the LORD said to Samuel, Do not look on his face, nor on his height, because I have refused him. For He does not see as man sees. For man looks on the outward appearance, but the LORD looks on the heart.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:8 @ And Jesse called Abinadab, and he passed him before Samuel, but he said, Also the LORD has not chosen this one.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:9 @ And Jesse passed Shammah by, but he said, Also the LORD has not chosen this one.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:10 @ And Jesse passed seven of his sons before Samuel, but Samuel said to Jesse, The LORD has not chosen these.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:11 @ And Samuel said to Jesse, Are all the young men here? And he said, There remains yet the youngest, and behold, he keeps the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and bring him, for we will not sit down until he comes here.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:12 @ And he sent and brought him in. And he [was] ruddy, with beautiful eyes and good form. And the LORD said, Arise, anoint him. For this is he.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:13 @ And Samuel took the horn of oil and anointed him in the midst of his brothers. And the spirit of the LORD came on David from that day forward. And Samuel rose up and went to Ramah.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:14 @ But the spirit of the LORD departed from Saul, and an evil spirit from the LORD terrified him.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:15 @ And Saul's servants said to him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifies you.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:16 @ Let our lord now command his servants before you to seek out a man who knows to play on a harp. And it shall be, when the evil spirit from God is on you, then he shall play [with] his hand, and [it shall be] well with you.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:17 @ And Saul said to his servants, Now look for me a man who can play well, and bring [him] to me.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:18 @ And one of the servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who is skillful in playing, and a mighty warrior and a man of battle, and prudent in speech. And he is a person of good form, and the LORD [is with him.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:19 @ And Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, Send me your son David, who [is] with the sheep.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:20 @ And Jesse took an ass [loaded] with bread and a skin of wine and a kid, and sent [them] by David his son to Saul.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:21 @ And David came to Saul and stood before him. And he loved him greatly, and he became his armor-bearer.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:22 @ And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my sight.

mkjv@1Samuel:16:23 @ And it happened when the spirit from God was on Saul, that David took a harp and played with his hand. And there was relief for Saul, and [it was] well with him, and the evil spirit departed from him.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:1 @ And the Philistines gathered their armies for battle, and gathered at Socoh [of] Judah, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:2 @ And Saul and the men of Israel had gathered and pitched by the valley of Elah, and set the battle in order against the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:3 @ And the Philistines stood on a mountain on the one [side], and Israel stood on a mountain on the other [side]. And [there was] a valley between them.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:4 @ And a champion named Goliath came out of the Philistines camp; he was from Gath. His height [was] six cubits and a span.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:5 @ And a bronze helmet was on his head, and he [was] armed with scaled armor. And the weight of the coat [was] five thousand shekels of bronze.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:6 @ And greaves of bronze [were] on his legs, and a bronze javelin [was] between his shoulders.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:7 @ And the staff of his spear [was] like a weaver's beam. And his spear's head [weighed] six hundred shekels of iron. And the shield bearer went in front of him.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:8 @ And he stood and cried to the armies of Israel, and said to them, Why have you come out to set [your] battle in order? [Am] I not a Philistine, and are you not servants to Saul? Choose a man for you, and let him come down to me.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:9 @ If he is able to fight with me and kill me, then we will be your slaves. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our slaves and serve us.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:10 @ And the Philistine said, I defy the armies of Israel this day. Give me a man, and we will fight together.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:11 @ And Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, and they were dismayed and greatly afraid.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:12 @ And David [was] the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah named Jesse. And to him [were] eight sons. And the man [was] old among men in the days of Saul.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:13 @ And the three oldest sons of Jesse went out, [and] followed Saul to the battle. And the names of his three sons that went to the battle [were] Eliab the first-born; and his second, Abinadab; and the third Shammah.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:14 @ And David [was] the youngest. And the three oldest followed Saul.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:15 @ And David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:16 @ And the Philistine drew near morning and evening, and presented himself forty days.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:17 @ And Jesse said to his son David, Please take for your brothers an ephah of this parched [grain], and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to your brothers.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:18 @ And carry these ten cuttings of cheeses to the commander of [their] thousand, and see how your brothers are faring, and take their pledge.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:19 @ And Saul, and they, and all the men of Israel, [were] in the valley of Elah fighting with the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:20 @ And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and got up and went as Jesse had commanded him. And he came to the barricade, and to the army which was going out to fight, and shouted for the battle.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:21 @ For Israel and the Philistines had put the battle in order, rank to rank.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:22 @ And David left his baggage in the hand of the keeper of the baggage and ran into the army, and came and greeted his brothers.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:23 @ And he was speaking with them. And, behold, the champion man, named Goliath, the Philistine of Gath, came up out of the ranks of the Philistines, and spoke according to these words. And David heard.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:24 @ And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, they ran from him and were very much afraid.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:25 @ And the men of Israel said, Have you seen this man that has come up? Surely he has come up to defy Israel. And it shall be, the king will enrich the man who kills him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:26 @ And David spoke to the men who stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man who kills this Philistine and takes away this shame from Israel? For who [is] this uncircumcised Philistine that he should defy the armies of the living God?

mkjv@1Samuel:17:27 @ And the people answered him in this way, saying, So shall it be done to the man who kills him.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:28 @ And his oldest brother Eliab heard when he spoke to the men. And Eliab's anger was kindled against David. And he said, Why have you come down? And with whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and the naughtiness of your heart. For you have come down to see the battle.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:29 @ And David said, What have I done now? Was it not [only] a word?

mkjv@1Samuel:17:30 @ And he turned from him toward another, and spoke according to this word. And the people answered him again in the same way.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:31 @ And the words which David spoke were heard. And they were told before Saul. And he sent for him.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:32 @ And David said to Saul, Let no man's heart fail because of him. Your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:33 @ And Saul said to David, You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him. For you [are but] a youth, and he is a man of war from his youth.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:34 @ And David said to Saul, Your servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:35 @ And I went out after it and struck it, and delivered [the lamb] out of its mouth. And when it rose against me, I caught [it] by the beard, and struck it and killed it.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:36 @ Your servant killed both the lion and the bear. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be like one of them, since he has defied the armies of the living God.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:37 @ And David said, The LORD who has delivered me out of the paw of the lion and out of the paw of the bear, He will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. And Saul said to David, Go, and may the LORD be with you.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:38 @ And Saul armed David with his armor, and he put a helmet of bronze on his head. He also armed him [with] scaled armor.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:39 @ And David girded his sword on his armor, and he tried to go. But he had not tested [it]. And David said to Saul, I cannot go with these, for I have not tested [them]. And David put them off him.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:40 @ And he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones out of the brook for himself, and put them in a shepherd's vessel which he had, even in a bag. And his sling [was] in his hand. And he drew near the Philistine.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:41 @ And the Philistine came on and drew near David. And the man who bore the shield [was] before him.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:42 @ And the Philistine looked and saw David, and disdained him. For he was [only] a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:43 @ And the Philistine said to David, [Am] I a dog that you come to me with sticks? And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:44 @ And the Philistine said to David, Come to me, and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and to the beasts of the field.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:45 @ And David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and with a spear and with a javelin. But I come to you in the name of Jehovah of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom you have defied.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:46 @ Jehovah will deliver you into my hand today, and I will strike you and take your head from you and give the bodies of the army of the Philistines to the birds of the air today, and to the wild beasts of the earth, so that all the earth may know that there is a God in Israel.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:47 @ And all this multitude shall know that Jehovah does not save with sword and spear; for the battle [is] Jehovah's, and He will give you into our hands.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:48 @ And it happened when the Philistine rose and went and drew near to meet David, David hurried and ran toward the ranks to meet the Philistine.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:49 @ And David put his hand into his bag and took a stone from there, and slung [it] and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead. And he fell on his face to the earth.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:50 @ And David was stronger than the Philistine with a sling and with a stone. And he struck the Philistine, and killed him. But no sword [was] in the hand of David.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:51 @ And David ran and stood on the Philistine, and took out his sword and drew it out of its sheath, and killed him, and cut off his head with it. And the Philistines saw that their champion [was] dead, and fled.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:52 @ And the men of Israel rose up and shouted, and Judah pursued the Philistines until you come to the valley, and to the gates of Ekron. And the wounded of the Philistines fell down by the way to Shaaraim, even to Gath and to Ekron.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:53 @ And the sons of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their tents.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:54 @ And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem. But he put his armor in his tent.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:55 @ And when Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said to Abner, the captain of the army, Abner, whose son [is] this young man? And Abner said, [As] your soul lives, O king, I cannot tell.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:56 @ And the king said, You go ask whose son the young man [is].

mkjv@1Samuel:17:57 @ And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:17:58 @ And Saul said to him, Whose son [are] you, young man? And David answered, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:1 @ And it happened when he had finished speaking to Saul, the soul of Jonathan was joined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as he did his own soul.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:2 @ And Saul took him that day and would not let him go home to his father's house any more.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:3 @ And Jonathan and David cut a covenant, because he loved him as his own soul.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:4 @ And Jonathan stripped off the robe [was] on him and gave it to David, and his apparel, even to his sword and to his bow and to his girdle.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:5 @ And David went out wherever Saul sent him, behaving himself wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:6 @ And it happened as they came in, as David returned from striking the Philistine, the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet King Saul with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:7 @ And the women answered as they played, and said, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:8 @ And Saul was very angry, and this thing was evil in his eyes. And he said, They have given David ten thousands, and to me they have given [only] thousands. And what more can he have but the kingdom?

mkjv@1Samuel:18:9 @ And Saul eyed David from that day and forward.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:10 @ And it happened on the next day the evil spirit from God came on Saul, and he prophesied in the midst of the house. And David played with his hand, as at other times. And a spear [was] in Saul's hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:11 @ And Saul threw the spear. For he said, I will strike David even to the wall. And David drew back out of his presence twice.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:12 @ And Saul was afraid of David, because the LORD was with him and had departed from Saul.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:13 @ And Saul moved him away from himself, and made him his commander over a thousand. And he went out and came in before the people.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:14 @ And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways. And the LORD [was] with him.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:15 @ And when Saul saw that he behaved himself very wisely, he was afraid of him.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:16 @ But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:17 @ And Saul said to David, Behold I will give you my older daughter Merab for a wife. Only you be a brave son for me and fight the LORD's battles. For Saul said, Let not my hand be on him, but let the hand of the Philistines be on him.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:18 @ And David said to Saul, Who [am] I, and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law to the king?

mkjv@1Samuel:18:19 @ And it happened at the time when Merab, Saul's daughter should have been given to David, she was given to Adriel the Meholathite to be his wife.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:20 @ And Saul's daughter Michal loved David. And they told Saul, and the thing pleased him.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:21 @ And Saul said, I will give her to him, so that she may be a trap to him, and so that the hand of the Philistines may be against him. And Saul said to David a second time, Today you shall be my son-in-law.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:22 @ And Saul commanded his servants, Talk with David secretly [and say], Behold, the king delights in you, and all his servants love you. And now be the king's son-in-law.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:23 @ And Saul's servants spoke these words in the ears of David. And David said, [Is it a] light [thing] to be a king's son-in-law, since I am a poor man and of little worth?

mkjv@1Samuel:18:24 @ And the servants of Saul told him saying, This is the way David spoke.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:25 @ And Saul said, You shall say this to David, The king does not desire any dowry except a hundred foreskins of the Philistines, to be avenged of the king's enemies. But Saul thought to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:26 @ And when his servants told David these words, it was right in the eyes of David to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not fulfilled.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:27 @ And David arose and went forth, he and his men. And [they] killed two hundred men of the Philistines. And David brought their foreskins, and they gave them in full number to the king so that he might be the king's son-in-law. And Saul gave him his daughter Michal for a wife.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:28 @ And Saul saw and knew that the LORD [was] with David, and that Michal, Saul's daughter, loved him.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:29 @ And Saul was still more afraid of David. And Saul became David's enemy continually.

mkjv@1Samuel:18:30 @ And the rulers of the Philistines came out. And it happened as often as they came out, David acted more wisely than all the servants of Saul, so that his name was very precious.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:1 @ And Saul said to his son Jonathan, and to all his servants, to kill David.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:2 @ But Jonathan, Saul's son, loved David very much. And Jonathan told David, saying, My father Saul seeks to kill you. And now please be careful until morning, and stay in a secret [place], and hide yourself.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:3 @ And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where you [are], and I will talk about you with my father. And I will tell you what I see.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:4 @ And Jonathan spoke good of David to Saul his father, and said to him, Do not let the king sin against his servant, against David, because he has not sinned against you, and because his works [are] very good toward you.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:5 @ For he took his life in his hand and killed the Philistine, and the LORD worked out a great salvation for all Israel. You saw and rejoiced! Why then will you sin against innocent blood, to kill David without a cause?

mkjv@1Samuel:19:6 @ And Saul listened to the voice of Jonathan. And Saul swore, [As] the LORD lives, he shall not die.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:7 @ And Jonathan called David, and Jonathan showed him all those things. And Jonathan brought David to Saul, and he was in his presence as in times past.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:8 @ And there was war again. And David went out and fought with the Philistines, and killed them with a great slaughter. And they fled from him.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:9 @ And the evil spirit from the LORD was on Saul as he sat in his house with his spear in his hand. And David played with [his] hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:10 @ And Saul thought to strike David even to the wall with the spear. But he burst forth from Saul's presence, and he struck the spear into the wall. And David fled and escaped that night.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:11 @ Saul also sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. And David's wife Michal told him saying, If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you shall be killed.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:12 @ And Michal let David down through a window. And he left and hurried away, and escaped.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:13 @ And Michal took an image and laid [it] in the bed, and put a pillow of goats' [hair] at its head, and covered it with a cloth.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:14 @ And when Saul sent messengers to take David, she said, He [is] sick.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:15 @ And Saul sent the messengers to see David, saying, Bring him up to me in the bed so that I may kill him.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:16 @ And the messengers came in, and behold, the image [was] in the bed with a pillow of goats' [hair] at its head.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:17 @ And Saul said to Michal, Why have you deceived me so, and sent away my enemy so that he has escaped? And Michal answered Saul, He said to me, Let me go; why should I kill you?

mkjv@1Samuel:19:18 @ And David fled, and escaped, and came to Samuel, to Ramah, and told him all that Saul had done to him. And he and Samuel went and lived in Naioth.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:19 @ And it was told to Saul, saying, Behold, David [is] at Naioth in Ramah.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:20 @ And Saul sent messengers to take David. And when they saw the company of the prophets prophesying, and Samuel standing [as] appointed over them, the Spirit of God came on the messengers of Saul, and they also prophesied.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:21 @ And they told Saul, and he sent other messengers, and they also prophesied. And Saul sent messengers the third time, and they prophesied also.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:22 @ And he also went to Ramah, and came to a great well in Sechu. And he asked and said, Where [are] Samuel and David? And [one] said, Behold, at Naioth in Ramah.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:23 @ And he went there to Naioth in Ramah. And the Spirit of God was on him also, and going on he went and prophesied, until he came to Naioth in Ramah.

mkjv@1Samuel:19:24 @ And he stripped off his clothes also, and prophesied before Samuel, even he. And he lay down disrobed all that day and all that night. Because of this they say, [Is] Saul also among the prophets?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:1 @ And David fled from Naioth in Ramah, and came and said before Jonathan, What have I done? What [is] my iniquity, and what my sin before your father, that he seeks my life?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:2 @ And he said to him, Far be it. You shall not die! Behold, my father will do nothing either great or small that he will not show to me. And why should my father hide this thing from me? It [is] not [so].

mkjv@1Samuel:20:3 @ And David swore again and said, Your father certainly knows that I have found grace in your eyes. And he said, Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be full of sorrow. But truly [as] the LORD lives, and as your soul lives, only a step [is] between me and death.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:4 @ And Jonathan said to David, Whatever your soul desires, I will even do for you.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:5 @ And David said to Jonathan, Behold, tomorrow [is] the new moon, and I should not fail to sit at table with the king. But let me go so that I may hide myself in the field until the third day at evening.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:6 @ If your father misses me at all, then say, David earnestly asked me that he might run to his city Bethlehem. For [there is] a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:7 @ If he says so, [It is] well, peace [will be] to your servant, but if he is very angry, be sure that evil is determined by him.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:8 @ And you shall deal kindly with your servant, for you have brought your servant into a covenant of the LORD with you. But if there is any iniquity in me, kill me yourself. For why should you bring me to your father?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:9 @ And Jonathan said, Far be it from you. For if I knew certainly that evil was determined by my father to come on you, then would I not tell you?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:10 @ Then David said to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? Or what [if] your father answers you roughly?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:11 @ And Jonathan said to David, Come, and let us go into the field. And both of them went out into the field.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:12 @ And Jonathan said to David, By the LORD, the God of Israel, when I search my father about this time tomorrow [or] the third [day], behold, [if there is] good toward David, then shall I not send to you and reveal [it in your ear?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:13 @ So may the LORD do to Jonathan and more if it seem good to my father [to do] you evil, then I will reveal [it] in your ear and send you away, and you may go in peace. And may the LORD be with you, as He was with my father.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:14 @ And you shall not only show me the kindness of the LORD while I still live, so that I do not die,

mkjv@1Samuel:20:15 @ but you shall not cut off your kindness from my house forever, no, not when the LORD has cut off the enemies of David, every one, from the face of the earth.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:16 @ So Jonathan covenanted with the house of David, saying, Let the LORD even require [it] at the hand of David's enemies.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:17 @ And Jonathan caused David to swear again, because he loved him. For he loved him as he loved his own soul.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:18 @ And Jonathan said to David, Tomorrow [is] the new moon. And you shall be missed, because your seat will be empty.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:19 @ And on the third [day] you shall quickly come down and shall come there to the place where you were hidden in the day of the deed. And [you] shall remain near the stone Ezel.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:20 @ And I will shoot three arrows on the side, as though I shot at a mark.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:21 @ And behold, I will send a lad, [saying], Go find the arrows. If I carefully say to the lad, Behold, the arrows are on this side of you, take them, then you may come, for there is peace to you, and no hurt, [as] the LORD lives.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:22 @ But if I say this to the young man, Behold, the arrows [are] beyond you, go your way, for the LORD has sent you away.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:23 @ And [as to] the matter which you and I have spoken of, behold, may the LORD be between you and me forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:24 @ And David hid himself in the field. And when the new moon had come, the king sat down by the food to eat.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:25 @ And the king sat on his seat as at other times, on a seat by the wall. And Jonathan arose, and Abner sat by Saul's side, and David's place was empty.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:26 @ And Saul did not speak anything that day. For he thought, Something has happened to him; he [is] not clean. Surely he [is] not clean.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:27 @ And it happened on the next day, the second of the month, David's place was empty. And Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why does the son of Jesse not come to the meal, neither yesterday nor today?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:28 @ And Jonathan answered Saul, David earnestly asked of me [to go] to Bethlehem,

mkjv@1Samuel:20:29 @ and he said, Please send me away, for we have a family sacrifice in the city. And my brother commanded me [to be] there. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, I pray you let me get away and see my brothers. And he does not come to the king's table.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:30 @ And Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of a perverse, rebellious [woman], do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own confusion, and to the shame of your mother's nakedness?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:31 @ For as long as the son of Jesse lives on the earth, you shall not be established, nor your kingdom. And now send and bring him to me, for he shall surely die.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:32 @ And Jonathan answered Saul his father and said to him, Why shall he be killed? What has he done?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:33 @ And Saul threw a spear at him to strike him, and by this Jonathan knew that his father was determined to kill David.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:34 @ And Jonathan rose from the table in fierce anger, and did not eat food on the second day of the new moon. For he was grieved for David, because his father had put him to shame.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:35 @ And it happened, in the morning Jonathan went out into the field at the time appointed with David. And a little lad [was] with him.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:36 @ And he said to this lad, Run now, find the arrows which I shoot. As the lad ran, he shot an arrow, causing it to pass over him.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:37 @ And when the lad had come to the place of the arrow which Jonathan had shot, Jonathan cried after the lad and said, [Is] not the arrow beyond you?

mkjv@1Samuel:20:38 @ And Jonathan cried after the lad, Hurry, make haste, do not stand. And Jonathan's lad gathered the arrow and came to his master.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:39 @ But the lad did not know anything. Only Jonathan and David knew the matter.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:40 @ And Jonathan gave his weapons to his lad and said to him, Go, bring [to] the city.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:41 @ As soon as the lad had gone, David rose from the south, and fell on his face to the ground, and bowed himself three times. And they kissed one another, and wept with one another, until David exceeded.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:42 @ And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace because we have both sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, The Lord shall be between me and you, and between my seed and your seed, forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:20:43 @ And he rose and went away. And Jonathan went [into] the city.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:1 @ And David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And Ahimelech was afraid at the meeting of David, and said to him, Why [are] you alone, and no man with you?

mkjv@1Samuel:21:2 @ And David said to Ahimelech the priest, The king has commanded me a business and has said to me, Let no man know anything [of] the business about which I send you, and what I have sent you. And I have sent servants to such and such a place.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:3 @ And therefore, what is under your hand? Give five [loaves] of bread in my hand, or what there is to be found.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:4 @ And the priest answered David and said, [There is] no common bread under my hand, but there is holy bread if the young men have kept themselves at least from women.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:5 @ And David answered the priest and said to him, Truly women [have been] kept from us for about three days, since I came out, and the vessels of the young men are holy, and [in] a way the holy [bread] is common. Also surely today it is sanctified in the vessels.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:6 @ And the priest gave him holy [bread]. For there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence that was taken from before the LORD, in order to put hot bread in on the day when it was taken away.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:7 @ And a man from the servants of Saul [was] there that day, held before the LORD. And his name [was] Doeg, an Edomite, the chief of Saul's herdsmen.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:8 @ And David said to Ahimelech, And is there not here under your hand spear or sword? For I have not brought my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king's business needed haste.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:9 @ And the priest said, The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the valley of Elah, behold, it [is] wrapped in a cloth under the ephod, if you will take, take it for yourself, for there is no other here except that one. And David said, There is none like that. Give it to me.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:10 @ And David arose and fled that day for fear of Saul, and went to Achish the king of Gath.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:11 @ And the servants of Achish said to him, [Is] not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing to one another of him in dances, saying, Saul has slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

mkjv@1Samuel:21:12 @ And David laid up these words in his heart, and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:13 @ And he changed his behavior before them, and pretended himself to be mad in their hands, and marked on the doors of the gate and let his spittle fall down on his beard.

mkjv@1Samuel:21:14 @ Then Achish said to his servants, Lo, you see the man is mad. Why have you brought him to me?

mkjv@1Samuel:21:15 @ Do I have need of mad men, that you have brought this one to show madness in my presence? Shall this one come into my house?

mkjv@1Samuel:22:1 @ And David left there and escaped to the cave Adullam. And his brothers and all his father's house heard, and went down to him there.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:2 @ And every man in distress, and every man who had a creditor, and every man bitter of soul, gathered themselves to him. And he became commander over them. And about four hundred men were with him.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:3 @ And David went from there to Mizpeh of Moab. And he said to the king of Moab, Please let my father and my mother come forth [and be] with you until I know what God will do for me.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:4 @ And he brought them before the king of Moab. And they lived with him all the time that David was in the stronghold.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:5 @ And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not stay in the stronghold. Leave and go into the land of Judah. And David left and came into the forest of Hareth.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:6 @ And Saul heard that David and the men with him had been discovered. And Saul was staying in Gibeah under the tamarisk tree in Ramah, having his spear in his hand. And all his servants were standing about him.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:7 @ And Saul said to his servants standing by him, Now hear, Benjamites, will the son of Jesse give to any of you fields and vineyards, [and] make you all commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

mkjv@1Samuel:22:8 @ But all of you have conspired against me, and none of you was revealing [in] my ear when my son cut [a covenant] with the son of Jesse? And not one of you is sorry for me, even [to reveal in my ear that my son has stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as today.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:9 @ And answered Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:10 @ And he asked of the LORD for him and gave him food and gave him the sword of Goliath the Philistine.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:11 @ And the king sent to call Ahimelech the priest, the son of Ahitub, and all his father's house, the priests in Nob. And they came, all of them, to the king.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:12 @ And Saul said, Hear now, you son of Ahitub. And he answered, Here I [am], my lord.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:13 @ And Saul said to him, Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you have given him bread and a sword, and have asked of God for him, that he should rise against me to lie in wait, as at this day?

mkjv@1Samuel:22:14 @ And Ahimelech answered the king and said, And who [is so] faithful among all your servants as David, who is the king's son-in-law, and [who] goes at your bidding, and who is honorable in your house?

mkjv@1Samuel:22:15 @ Have I today begun to ask of God for him? Be it far from me. Do not let the king charge a thing to his servant, nor to all the house of my father. For your servant knew nothing of all this, more or less.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:16 @ And the king said, Ahimelech, you shall surely die, you and all your father's house.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:17 @ And the king said to the guard that stood around him, Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because their hand also [is] with David, and because they knew when he fled, and did not reveal it to me. But the servants of the king would not put forth their hand to fall on the priests of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:18 @ And the king said to Doeg, You turn and fall on the priests. And Doeg the Edomite turned and fell on the priests. And on that day he killed eighty-five persons who wore a linen ephod.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:19 @ And he struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and babes, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:20 @ And one of the sons of Ahimelech the son of Ahitub, named Abiathar, escaped and fled after David.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:21 @ And Abiathar told David that Saul had slain the LORD's priests.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:22 @ And David said to Abiathar, I knew that day, when Doeg the Edomite [was] there, that he would surely tell Saul. I have caused the death of all the persons of your father's house.

mkjv@1Samuel:22:23 @ Stay with me, and do not fear. For he who seeks my life seeks your life. But you [shall be] in safekeeping with me.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:1 @ And they told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines fight against Keilah, and they rob the threshing-floors.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:2 @ And David asked of the LORD, saying, Shall I go? And shall I strike these Philistines? And the LORD said to David, Go and strike the Philistines, and save Keilah.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:3 @ And David's men said to him, Behold, we are afraid here in Judah. How much more then if we come to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

mkjv@1Samuel:23:4 @ And David inquired of the LORD once again. And the LORD answered him and said, Arise, go down [to] Keilah. For I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:5 @ And David and his men went to Keilah and fought with the Philistines. And they led away their cattle and struck them with a great slaughter. And David saved the people of Keilah.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:6 @ And it happened when Abiathar the son of Ahimelech fled [to] David to Keilah, he came down [with] an ephod in his hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:7 @ And it was told Saul that David had come to Keilah. And Saul said, God has delivered him into my hands, for he is shut in by entering into a town that has gates and bars.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:8 @ And Saul [called] all the people together to war, to go down [to] Keilah to besiege David and his men.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:9 @ And David knew that Saul secretly planned evil against him. And [he] said to Abiathar the priest, Bring the ephod here.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:10 @ And David said, O Lord God of Israel, Your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keilah, to destroy the city for my sake.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:11 @ Will the men of Keilah deliver me up into his hand? Will Saul come down as Your servant has heard? O LORD God of Israel, I beg of You, tell Your servant. And the LORD said, He will come down.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:12 @ And David said, Will the men of Keilah shut up me and my men into the hand of Saul? And the LORD said, They will shut [you up].

mkjv@1Samuel:23:13 @ And David and his men, about six hundred, arose and departed out of Keilah and went wherever they could go. And it was told to Saul that David had escaped from Keilah. And he did not go forth.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:14 @ And David stayed in the wilderness in strongholds, and remained in the stronghold in the wilderness of Ziph. And Saul looked for him every day, but God did not deliver him into his hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:15 @ And David saw that Saul had come out to seek his life. And David [was] in the wilderness of Ziph in a woods.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:16 @ And Jonathan, Saul's son, arose and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:17 @ And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you. And you shall be king over Israel, and I shall be next to you. And my father Saul knows that also.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:18 @ And the two of them cut a covenant before the LORD. And David stayed in the forest, and Jonathan went to his house.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:19 @ And the men of Ziph came up to Saul, to Gibeah, saying, Does not David hide himself with us in strongholds in the forest, in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the south of the wilderness?

mkjv@1Samuel:23:20 @ And now, O king, come down according to all the desire of your soul. Come down, and it is for us to shut him up into the king's hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:21 @ And Saul said, Blessed [are] you from the LORD, for you have pity on me.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:22 @ Please go, make more sure, and know and see the place where his foot is. Who has seen him there? For I am told that he is very subtle.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:23 @ And see and know of all the hiding places where he hides himself there, and return to me prepared. And I will go with you. And it shall be, if he is in the land, I will search him out throughout all the thousands of Judah.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:24 @ And they arose and went to Ziph before Saul. But David and his men [were] in the wilderness of Maon, in the plain, on the south of the desert.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:25 @ Saul and his men also went to look [for him]. And they told David. And he came down from the rock and stayed in the wilderness of Maon. And when Saul heard, he followed after David in the wilderness of Maon.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:26 @ And Saul went on this side of the mountain, and David and his men on that side of the mountain. And David hurried to get away before Saul. For Saul and his men were encircling David and his men, to take them.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:27 @ And a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come! For the Philistines have invaded the land.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:28 @ And Saul returned from pursuing David, and went against the Philistines. Therefore they called that place, The Rock of the Division.

mkjv@1Samuel:23:29 @ And David went up from there and stayed in strongholds [at] En-gedi.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:1 @ And it happened when Saul had returned from following the Philistines, they told him, saying, Behold, David [is] in the wilderness of En-gedi.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:2 @ And Saul took three thousand chosen men out of all Israel, and went to seek David and his men on the front of the rocks of the wild goats.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:3 @ And he came to the folds of the flock on the way, where there [was] a cave. And Saul went in to cover his feet. And David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:4 @ And the men of David said to him, Behold, this is the day of which the LORD said to you, Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand so that you may do to him as it shall seem good to you. And David arose and cut off the skirt of Saul's robe secretly.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:5 @ And it happened afterward David's heart struck him because he had cut off Saul's skirt.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:6 @ And he said to his men, Far be it from me, by the LORD, if I will do this thing to my lord, the LORD's anointed, to stretch forth my hand against him, since he is the anointed of the LORD.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:7 @ And David held back his men with words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul rose up out of the cave and went on [his] way.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:8 @ And David arose afterward and went out of the cave, and cried after Saul, saying, My lord the king! And Saul looked behind him. And David bowed his face to the earth and prostrated himself.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:9 @ And David said to Saul, Why do you hear man's words, saying, Behold, David seeks to do you evil?

mkjv@1Samuel:24:10 @ Behold, your eyes have seen today how the LORD had delivered you today into my hand in the cave. And [one] said to kill you. But [I] had pity on you. And I said, I will not put forth my hand against my lord, for he is the LORD's anointed.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:11 @ And, my father, behold! Yes, see the skirt of your robe in my hand. For in that I cut off the skirt of your robe and did not kill you, know and see that [there is] neither evil nor transgression in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my soul to take it.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:12 @ May the LORD judge between me and you, and may the LORD avenge me of you. But my hand shall not be on you.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:13 @ As the ancient proverb says, Wickedness proceeds from the wicked. But my hand shall not be on you.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:14 @ After whom has the king of Israel come out? After whom do you pursue? After a dead dog? After a flea?

mkjv@1Samuel:24:15 @ May the LORD therefore be judge, and judge between you and me, and see, and plead my cause, and deliver me out of your hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:16 @ And it happened when David had made an end of speaking these words to Saul, Saul said, [Is] this your voice, my son David? And Saul lifted up his voice and wept.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:17 @ And he said to David, You [are] more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, but I have rewarded you evil.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:18 @ And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me, because when the LORD shut me up into your hand, you did not kill me.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:19 @ For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him go completely away? And may the LORD reward good for what you have done to me this day.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:20 @ And now, behold, I know well that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall he established in your hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:21 @ And swear therefore to me before the LORD that you will not cut off my seed after me, and that you will not destroy my name out of my father's house.

mkjv@1Samuel:24:22 @ And David swore to Saul. And Saul went home, but David and his men went up into the hold.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:1 @ And Samuel died. And all the Israelites were gathered, and lamented him and buried him in his house at Ramah. And David arose and went down to the wilderness of Paran.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:2 @ And a certain man [was] in Maon, and his work [was] in Carmel. And the man [was] very great, and [had] three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. And he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:3 @ And the man's name [was] Nabal, and his wife's name [was] Abigail. And [she was] a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful form. But the man [was] cruel and evil in his dealings. And he [was] of Caleb.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:4 @ And David heard in the wilderness that Nabal was shearing his sheep.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:5 @ And David sent out ten young men. And David said to the young men, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and greet him in my name.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:6 @ And you shall say this, Long life and peace [be] to you, and peace to your house, and peace to all that you have.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:7 @ And now I have heard that you have shearers. And we did not hurt your shepherds who were with us; neither was there anything missing to them all the while they were in Carmel.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:8 @ Ask your young men, and they will tell you. And let the young men find favor in your eyes, for we come in a good day. Please give whatever comes to your hand to your servants and to your son David.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:9 @ And David's young men came, they spoke to Nabal according to all these words in the name of David, and stopped.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:10 @ And Nabal answered David's servants and said, Who [is] David? And who [is] the son of Jesse? The servants who have broken away, each man from his master, have multiplied.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:11 @ Shall I then take my bread and my water and my meat that I have killed for my shearers, and give [it] to men about whom I know not where they come from?

mkjv@1Samuel:25:12 @ And David's young men turned their way and went again, and came and told him all those things.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:13 @ And David said to his men, Let each man gird on his sword. And they each one girded on his sword, and David also girded on his sword. And about four hundred men went up after David, and two hundred stayed by the stuff.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:14 @ And one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold! David sent messengers out of the wilderness to greet our master, and he screamed at them.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:15 @ But the men [were] very good to us, and we were not hurt, neither did we miss anything as long as we were going to and fro among them, when we were in the fields.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:16 @ They were a wall to us both by night and day all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:17 @ And now know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. For he [is] a son of worthlessness, so that none can speak to him.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:18 @ And Abigail made haste and took two hundred loaves, and two skins of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of roasted [grain], and a hundred clusters of raisins, and laid them on asses.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:19 @ And she said to her servants, Go on before me. Behold, I am coming after you. But she did not tell her husband Nabal.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:20 @ And it happened, she was riding on the ass and coming down under cover of the mountain. And behold, David and his men came down across from her. And she met them.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:21 @ And David had said, Surely in vain I have kept all that belongs to this fellow in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that [was] his. And he has requited me evil for good.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:22 @ So and more also may God do to the enemies of David, if I leave to the light of the morning any that [is] his of one who urinates against the wall.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:23 @ And Abigail saw David and hurried and dismounted from the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:24 @ And she fell at his feet and said, On me, my lord, [on] me let this iniquity [be]. And please let your handmaid speak in your ears, and hear the words of your handmaid.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:25 @ Please do not let my lord regard this man of worthlessness, Nabal. For as his name [is], so he [is]. Nabal [is] his name, and foolishness [is] with him. And I, your handmaid, did not see the young men of my lord, whom you sent.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:26 @ And now, my lord, [as] the LORD lives and [as] your soul lives, since the LORD has withheld you from coming to shed blood, and from avenging yourself with your own hand, now let your enemies, and those that seek to do evil to my lord, be as Nabal.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:27 @ And now this blessing which your handmaid has brought to my lord, let it even be given to the young men who follow my lord.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:28 @ Please forgive the trespass of your handmaid. For the LORD will certainly make a sure house for my lord, because my lord fights the battles of the LORD, and evil has not been found in you [all] your days.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:29 @ Yet a man has risen to pursue you and to seek your soul. But the soul of my lord shall be bound in the bundle of life with the LORD your God. And the souls of your enemies, He shall sling them from the hollow of a sling.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:30 @ And it shall be, when the LORD has done to my lord according to all the good that He has spoken concerning you, and commanded you to [be] ruler over Israel,

mkjv@1Samuel:25:31 @ this shall be no stumbling to you, nor offense of heart to my lord, either that you have shed blood for nothing, or [that] my lord has delivered himself. And may the LORD deal well with my lord, and you remember your handmaid.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:32 @ And David said to Abigail, Blessed [be] the LORD God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:33 @ And blessed [is] your advice, and blessed [are] you who have kept me from coming to shed blood today, and from delivering myself [with] my own hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:34 @ And truly, [as] the LORD God of Israel lives, who has kept me back from doing evil to you, for unless you had hurried and come to meet me, surely there would not have been left to Nabal by the morning light one who urinates against the wall.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:35 @ And David received from her hand that which she had brought him, and said to her, Go up in peace to your house. See, I have listened to your voice and have accepted your person.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:36 @ And Abigail came to Nabal. And behold, he held a feast in his house like the feast of a king. And Nabal's heart [was] merry within him, for he [was] very drunk. And she did not tell him anything, more or less, until the morning light.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:37 @ And it happened in the morning, when the wine had gone out of Nabal and his wife had told him these things, his heart died within him and he became [like] a stone.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:38 @ And it happened about ten days [afterward] the LORD struck Nabal so that he died.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:39 @ And David heard that Nabal had died, and he said, Blessed [is] the LORD who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept His servant from evil. For the LORD has returned the wickedness of Nabal on his own head. And David sent and spoke with Abigail, to take her to him for a wife.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:40 @ And David's servants came to Abigail at Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David sent us to you to take you to him for a wife.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:41 @ And she arose and bowed herself on [her] face to the earth, and said, Behold, [let] your handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:42 @ And Abigail hurried and arose, and rode on an ass, with five of her maidens who went after her. And she followed the messengers of David and became his wife.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:43 @ David also took Ahinoam of Jezreel. And they became, both of them, his wives.

mkjv@1Samuel:25:44 @ And Saul gave his daughter Michal, David's wife, to Phalti the son of Laish, who [was] of Gallim.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:1 @ And the Ziphites came to Saul at Gibeah, saying, Is not David hiding himself in the hill of Hachilah, on the edge of the desert?

mkjv@1Samuel:26:2 @ And Saul arose and went down to the wilderness of Ziph to seek David in the wilderness of Ziph, having three thousand chosen men of Israel with him.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:3 @ And Saul pitched in the hill of Hachilah, which [is] on the edge of the desert, by the highway. And David was staying in the wilderness. And he saw that Saul came after him into the wilderness.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:4 @ And David sent out spies and knew that Saul had come indeed.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:5 @ And David arose and came to the place where Saul had pitched. And David saw the place where Saul lay. And Abner the son of Ner, the captain of his army, and Saul were lying within the barricade. And the people pitched all around him.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:6 @ And David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, the brother of Joab, saying, Who will go down with me to the camp to Saul? And Abishai said, I will go down with you.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:7 @ So David and Abishai came to the people by night. And behold, Saul lay sleeping in the tent, and his spear stuck in the ground at his head. But Abner and the people lay around him.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:8 @ And Abishai said to David, God has shut up your enemy into your hand this day. And please let me strike him with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not repeat [it] to him.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:9 @ And David said to Abishai, Do not destroy him. For who can stretch forth his hand against the LORD's anointed and be guiltless?

mkjv@1Samuel:26:10 @ And David said, [As] the LORD lives, except the LORD strike him, or his day shall come, and he dies, or he goes down to battle and is consumed,

mkjv@1Samuel:26:11 @ far be it from me by the LORD, from putting forth my hand against the LORD's anointed. And now, please take the spear at his head and the cruse of water, and we will go.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:12 @ And David took the spear and the cruse of water from Saul's head. And they went away, and no one saw, and no one knew; and no one was awake; for all of them [were] sleeping, because a deep sleep [from] the LORD had fallen on them.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:13 @ And David went over [to] the other side and stood on the top of a hill afar off, a great space between them.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:14 @ And David cried to the people and to Abner the son of Ner, saying, Do you not answer, Abner? And Abner answered and said, Who [are] you that cries to the king?

mkjv@1Samuel:26:15 @ And David said to Abner, [Are] you not a man? And who is like you in Israel? But why have you not watched over your lord the king? For one of the people came in to destroy your lord the king.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:16 @ This thing that you have done [is] not good. [As] the LORD lives, because you have not watched over your master, the LORD's anointed, you also are worthy to die. And now see where the king's spear [is], and the cruse of water that [was] at his head.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:17 @ And Saul knew David's voice and said, [Is] this your voice, my son David? And David said, [It is] my voice, my lord, O king.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:18 @ And he said, Why does my lord pursue after his servant this way? For what have I done? Or what evil [is] in my hand?

mkjv@1Samuel:26:19 @ And now, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD has stirred you up against me, let Him accept an offering. But if [it is] the sons of men, they [are] cursed before the LORD. For they have driven me out today from joining myself with the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve other gods.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:20 @ And now, let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the LORD. For the king of Israel has come out to seek a flea, as when one hunts a partridge in the mountains.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:21 @ And Saul said, I have sinned. Return, my son David, for I will never do you harm any more, because my life was precious in your eyes this day. Behold, I have acted foolishly, and have greatly erred.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:22 @ And David answered and said, Behold the king's spear! And let one of the young men come over and get it.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:23 @ May the LORD give to each his righteousness and his faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into [my] hand today, but I would not stretch forth my hand against the LORD's anointed.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:24 @ And behold, as your life was precious in my eyes this day, so let my life be precious in the eyes of the LORD, and let Him deliver me out of all tribulation.

mkjv@1Samuel:26:25 @ And Saul said to David, Blessed [are] you, my son David. You shall both do [great things] and also shall still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:1 @ And David said in his heart, I shall now perish one day by the hand of Saul. Nothing [is] better for me than that I should speedily escape into the land of the Philistines. And Saul shall despair of me, to seek me any more in any border of Israel, and so I shall escape out of his hand.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:2 @ And David arose and passed over, he and the six hundred men with him to Achish the son of Maoch, king of Gath.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:3 @ And David lived with Achish of Gath, he and his men, each one with his household; David with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's former wife.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:4 @ And Saul was told that David had fled to Gath. And he never again looked for him.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:5 @ And David said to Achish, If I have now found grace in your eyes, let them give me a place in some town in the country so that I may live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?

mkjv@1Samuel:27:6 @ And Achish gave him Ziklag that day. And Ziklag [belongs] to the kings of Judah to this day.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:7 @ And the number of days that David lived in the field of the Philistines was [a year] of days and four months.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:8 @ And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites. For they [were] the inhabitants of the land from the past [days], as you come into Shur, even into the land of Egypt.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:9 @ And David struck the land, and did not keep alive man nor woman, and took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing, and returned and came to Achish.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:10 @ And Achish said, Where have you made a raid today? And David said, Against the south of Judah, and against the south of the Jerahmeelites, and against the south of the Kenites.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:11 @ And David did not keep alive man or woman to bring [news] to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell on us, saying, So David did, and so [has been] his custom all the days he lived in the fields of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:27:12 @ And Achish believed David, saying, He has made himself to be hated among his people Israel, and has become my servant forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:1 @ And in those days it happened that the Philistines gathered their armies for war, to fight with Israel. And Achish said to David, You surely know that you shall go with me to battle, you and your men.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:2 @ And David said to Achish, Surely you shall know what your servant can do. And Achish said to David, And I will make you keeper of my head forever.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:3 @ And Samuel was dead, and all Israel had mourned him and buried him in Ramah, even in his own city. And Saul had put away the mediums and the spirit-knowers out of the land.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:4 @ And the Philistines gathered themselves and came and pitched in Shunem. And Saul gathered all Israel and they pitched in Gilboa.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:5 @ And Saul saw the army of the Philistines, and he was afraid, and his heart greatly trembled.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:6 @ And when Saul inquired of the LORD, the LORD did not answer him, neither by dreams, nor by Urim, nor by prophets.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:7 @ And Saul said to his servants, Seek me a woman who is] a medium, so that I may go to her and inquire of her. And his servant said to him, Behold, [there is] a woman who is] a medium, at Endor.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:8 @ And Saul disguised himself and put on other clothing. And he went. And two men went with him. And they came to the woman by night. And he said, Please divine for me [calling up the dead], and bring me up the man whom I shall name to you.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:9 @ And the woman said to him, Behold, you know what Saul has done, how he has cut off mediums, and the spirit-knowers, out of the land. Why then do you lay a snare for my life, to cause me to die?

mkjv@1Samuel:28:10 @ And Saul swore to her by the LORD, saying, [As] the LORD lives, there shall no punishment happen to you for this thing.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:11 @ And the woman said, Whom shall I bring up to you? And he said, Bring me up Samuel.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:12 @ And the woman saw Samuel, and cried with a loud voice. And the woman spoke to Saul, saying, Why have you deceived me? For you [are] Saul!

mkjv@1Samuel:28:13 @ And the king said to her, Do not be afraid. For what did you see? And the woman said to Saul, I saw gods coming up out of the earth.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:14 @ And he said to her, What [is] his form? And she said, An old man comes up, and he is covered with a cloak. And Saul saw that it was Samuel, and [he] bowed [his] face to the ground, and prostrated himself.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:15 @ And Samuel said to Saul, Why have you disturbed me, to bring me up? And Saul answered, I am grievously distressed, for the Philistines are warring against me. And God has left me and does not answer me any more, neither by prophets nor by dreams. And I have called you so that you may make known to me what I should do.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:16 @ And Samuel said, Why then do you ask me, since the LORD has left you and has become your enemy?

mkjv@1Samuel:28:17 @ And the LORD has done for Himself as He spoke by me. For the LORD has torn the kingdom out of your hand and [is] giving it to your neighbor, to David.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:18 @ Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD, nor execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you now.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:19 @ And, the LORD will also deliver Israel with you into the hand of the Philistines. And tomorrow you and your sons [shall be] with me. The LORD also shall deliver the army of Israel into the hand of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:20 @ And Saul immediately fell headlong on the earth, and was sorely afraid because of the words of Samuel. And there was no strength in him, for he had eaten no bread all day nor all night.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:21 @ And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was sorely troubled, and said to him, Behold, your handmaid has obeyed your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:22 @ And now please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a bit of bread before you and eat, so that you may have strength when you go on your way.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:23 @ But he refused, and said, I will not eat. But his servants, forced him, and the woman also. And he listened to their voices and arose from the earth and sat on the bed.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:24 @ And the woman had a fat calf in the house. And she hurried and killed it, and took flour and kneaded [it], and baked unleavened [bread] with it.

mkjv@1Samuel:28:25 @ And [she] brought [it] before Saul, and before his servants. And they ate, and rose up and went away that night.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:1 @ And the Philistines gathered all their armies to Aphek. And the Israelites pitched by a fountain in Jezreel.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:2 @ And the lords of the Philistines passed on by hundreds and by thousands. But David and his men passed on in the rear with Achish.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:3 @ And the rulers of the Philistines said, What [are] these Hebrews [doing]? And Achish said to the rulers of the Philistines, Is this not David the servant of Saul the king of Israel, who has been with me [these] days, or these] years. And I have not found anything [evil] in him from the day he fell away until today?

mkjv@1Samuel:29:4 @ And the rulers of the Philistines were angry with him. And the Philistine rulers said to him, Send the man back, and he shall return to his place where you have appointed him. And he shall not go down with us to battle, and shall not become an enemy to us in battle. For with what should he reconcile himself to his master? [Should it] not [be] with the heads of these men?

mkjv@1Samuel:29:5 @ [Is] not this David, of whom they sang to one another in dances, saying, Saul killed his thousands, and David his ten thousands?

mkjv@1Samuel:29:6 @ And Achish called David and said to him, Surely, [as] the LORD lives, you have been upright, and your going out and your coming in with me in the army is good in my sight. For I have not found evil in you since the day of your coming to me until today. But you are not good in the eyes of the lords.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:7 @ And return now, and go in peace so that you do not displease the lords of the Philistines.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:8 @ And David said to Achish, But what have I done? And what have you found in your servant so long as I have been with you to this day, that I may not go fight against the enemies of my lord the king?

mkjv@1Samuel:29:9 @ And Achish answered and said to David, I know that you [are] good in my sight, like an angel of God. But the princes of the Philistines have said, He shall not go up with us to the battle.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:10 @ And now, rise up early in the morning with your master's servants who have come with you. And as soon as you have light, depart.

mkjv@1Samuel:29:11 @ And David and his men rose up early to leave in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up [to] Jezreel.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:1 @ And it happened when David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had invaded the south and Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:2 @ And they had seized the women in it. They did not kill any, either small or great, but carried them away and went on their way.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:3 @ And David and his men came to the city, and behold, [it was] burned with fire, and their wives and their sons and their daughters had been taken captives.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:4 @ And David and the people with him lifted up their voice and wept, until they had no more power to weep.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:5 @ And David's two wives had been seized, Ahinoam of Jezreel, and Abigail, the [former] wife of Nabal of Carmel.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:6 @ And it greatly distressed David, for the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of all the people was grieved, each one for his sons and for his daughters. But David encouraged himself in the LORD his God.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:7 @ And David said to Abiathar the priest, Ahimelech's son, Please bring the ephod here to me. And Abiathar brought the ephod there to David.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:8 @ And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And He answered him, Go! For you shall surely overtake and will without fail recover all.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:9 @ So David went, he and the six hundred men that [were] with him, and came to the brook Besor, where those who were left behind stayed.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:10 @ But David pursued, he and four hundred men. For two hundred stayed behind, who were too exhausted to go over the brook Besor.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:11 @ And they found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David and gave him bread, and he ate. And they made him drink water.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:12 @ And they gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him. For he had eaten no bread nor drunk water for three days and three nights.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:13 @ And David said to him, Whose [are] you? And where do you come from? And he said, I am an Egyptian youth, servant to an Amalekite. And my master left me because three days ago I fell sick.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:14 @ We raided the south of the Cherethites, and on that [belonging] to Judah, and on the south of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag with fire.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:15 @ And David said to him, Can you bring me down to this company? And he said, Swear to me by God that you will neither kill me nor deliver me into the hands of my master, and I will bring you down to this company.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:16 @ And when he had brought him down, behold, [they were] spread abroad on all the earth, eating and drinking and dancing, because of all the great spoil that they had taken out of the land of the Philistines and out of the land of Judah.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:17 @ And David struck them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. And not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:18 @ And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away. And David rescued his two wives.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:19 @ And nothing was lacking to them, from the small to the great, even to sons and daughters, and from the spoil, even to all that they had taken to themselves. David recovered all.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:20 @ And David took all the flock, and the herd. They drove on before those cattle. And they said, This [is] David's spoil.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:21 @ And David came to the two hundred who were too exhausted to follow David, whom they had made also to stay at the brook Besor. And they went out to meet David, and to meet the people with him. And David came up to the people, and greeted them.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:22 @ And every evil and worthless man of the men who went with David answered and said, Because they did not go with us, we will not give them from a thing the spoil that we have seized, except to every man his wife and his sons. Let them take them, and go.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:23 @ And David said, My brothers, you shall not do so with that which the LORD has given us. For He has protected us, and has delivered into our hand the company that came against us.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:24 @ For who will listen to you in this matter? But as his part [is] that goes down to the battle, so [shall be] his part that stays by the stuff. They shall divide alike.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:25 @ And it was [so], from that day forward he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.

mkjv@1Samuel:30:26 @ And David came to Ziklag, and sent some of the spoil to the elders of Judah, to his friends, saying, Behold, a present for you from the spoil of the enemies of the LORD;

mkjv@1Samuel:30:27 @ to the ones in Bethel, and to the ones in Ramoth of the south, and to the ones in Jattir,

mkjv@1Samuel:30:28 @ and to the ones in Aroer, and to the ones in Siphmoth, and to the ones in Eshtemoa,

mkjv@1Samuel:30:29 @ and to the ones in Rachal, and to the ones in the cities of the Jerahmeelites, and to the ones in the cities of the Kenites,

mkjv@1Samuel:30:30 @ and to the ones in Hormah, and to the ones in Chorashan, and to the ones in Athach,

mkjv@1Samuel:30:31 @ and to the ones in Hebron, and to all the places where David had gone up and down, he and his men.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:1 @ And the Philistines fought against Israel. And the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down wounded in Mount Gilboa.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:2 @ And the Philistines followed Saul and his sons. And the Philistines killed Jonathan and Abinadab and Malchishua, Saul's sons.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:3 @ And the battle went hard against Saul. And the archers hit him, and he was sorely wounded by the archers.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:4 @ And Saul said to his armor-bearer, Draw your sword and thrust me through with it, lest these uncircumcised ones come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armor-bearer would not, for he was very much afraid. So Saul took a sword and fell on it.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:5 @ And when his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his sword and died with him.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:6 @ And Saul died, and his three sons, and his armor-bearer, and all his men, that same day together.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:7 @ And the men of Israel beyond the valley, and who [were] on the other side Jordan, saw that the men of Israel fled and that Saul and his sons had died. And they abandoned the cities and fled. And the Philistines came and lived in them.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:8 @ And it happened on the next day, the Philistines came to strip the slain, and they found Saul and his three sons fallen in mount Gilboa.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:9 @ And they cut off his head and stripped off his armor, and sent into the land of the Philistines all around, to publish [it] in the house of their idols and [among] the people.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:10 @ And they put his armor in the house of Ashtaroth, and they fastened his body to the wall of Beth-shan.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:11 @ And when they heard about it, the people of Jabesh-gilead, what the Philistines had done to Saul,

mkjv@1Samuel:31:12 @ then all the brave men arose, and they traveled all night. And [they] took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons from the wall of Beth-shan, and came to Jabesh, and burned them there.

mkjv@1Samuel:31:13 @ And they took their bones and buried [them] under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh. And [they] fasted seven days.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:1 @ And it happened after the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David stayed two days in Ziklag,

mkjv@2Samuel:1:2 @ on the third day, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes torn and earth upon his head. And it happened when he came to David, he fell to the earth and bowed to him.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:3 @ And David said to him, Where do you come from? And he said to him, I have escaped out of the camp of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:4 @ And David said to him, How did the matter go? Please tell me. And he answered, The people have fled from the battle, and many of the people also have fallen and are dead. And Saul and his son Jonathan are dead also.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:5 @ And David said to the young man who told him, How do you know that Saul and his son Jonathan [are] dead?

mkjv@2Samuel:1:6 @ And the young man who told him said, As I happened to be upon Mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear. And, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:7 @ And when he looked behind him, he saw me, and called to me. And I answered, Here [am] I.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:8 @ And he said to me, Who [are] you? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:9 @ He said to me again, Please stand over me and kill me, for anguish has come upon me, because all my life [is] still in me.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:10 @ And I stood over him and killed him, because I was sure that he could not live after he had fallen. And I took the crown on his head, and [the] bracelet on his arm, and have brought them here to my lord.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:11 @ And David took hold on his garments, and tore them. And likewise all the men with him [did] so.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:12 @ And they mourned and wept and fasted until evening, for Saul, and for his son Jonathan, and for the people of the LORD, and for the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:13 @ And David said to the young man who told him, From where [are] you? And he answered, I [am] the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:14 @ And David said, Why were you not afraid to stretch forth your hand to destroy the LORD's anointed?

mkjv@2Samuel:1:15 @ And David called one of the young men and said, Go near; fall on him. And he struck him so that he died.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:16 @ And David said to him, Your blood [be] upon your head, for your mouth has testified against you, saying, I have slain the LORD's anointed.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:17 @ And David chanted this death dirge over Saul and over his son Jonathan.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:18 @ And he said to teach the sons of Judah [The Song of] the Bow. Behold, it is written in the Book of Jasher:

mkjv@2Samuel:1:19 @ The beauty of Israel is slain upon your high places! How are the mighty fallen!

mkjv@2Samuel:1:20 @ Tell [it] not in Gath, do not let it be known in the streets of Askelon, lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:21 @ Mountains of Gilboa, [let] not dew or rain [be] on you, nor fields of offerings. For there the shield of the mighty has been evilly cast away, the shield of Saul not [being] anointed with oil.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:22 @ From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:23 @ Saul and Jonathan [were] lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles; they were stronger than lions.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:24 @ Daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet and with delights; who put ornaments of gold on your clothes.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:25 @ How [are] the mighty fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan is slain on your high places.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:26 @ I [am] distressed for you, my brother Jonathan. Very pleasant you have been to me. Your love to me was wonderful, more than the love of women.

mkjv@2Samuel:1:27 @ How [are] the mighty fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

mkjv@2Samuel:2:1 @ And it happened after this, David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up into any of the cities of Judah? And the LORD said to him, Go up! And David said, Where shall I go? And He said, To Hebron.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:2 @ And David went up there, and his two wives also, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, Nabal's wife.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:3 @ And David brought up his men with him, each man with his household. And they lived in the cities of Hebron.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:4 @ And the men of Judah came, and they anointed David king over the house of Judah there. And they told David, saying, The men of Jabesh-gilead buried Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:5 @ And David sent messengers to the men of Jabesh-gilead. And he said to them, Blessed [are] you of the LORD, that you have shown this kindness to your lord, to Saul, and have buried him.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:6 @ And now may the LORD do kindness and truth to you. And I also do good to you, because you have done this thing.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:7 @ And now let your hands be strengthened, and be brave. For your master Saul [is] dead, and also the house of Judah has anointed me king over them.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:8 @ But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul's army, took Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:9 @ And [he] made him king over Gilead, and over the Ashurites, and over Jezreel, and over Ephraim, and over Benjamin, and over all Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:10 @ Ishbosheth, Saul's son, [was] forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:11 @ And it happened, the number of days that David was king in Hebron over the house of Judah was seven years and six months.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:12 @ And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:13 @ And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out and met by the pool of Gibeon and sat down, the one on the one [side] of the pool, and the other on the other [side] of the pool.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:14 @ And Abner said to Joab, Let the young men now arise and play before us. And Joab said, Let them arise.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:15 @ And they arose and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin, and for Ishbosheth the son of Saul; and twelve of the servants of David.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:16 @ And each one lay hold on the head, of his companion and [thrust] his sword in his companion's side, so that they fell together. And [one] called that place The Field of Rocks, which is in Gibeon.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:17 @ And there was a very grievous battle that day. And Abner and the men of Israel were beaten before the servants of David.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:18 @ And there were three sons of Zeruiah there, Joab and Abishai and Asahel. And Asahel [was] swift with his feet, like one of the gazelles in the field.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:19 @ And Asahel ran after Abner, and in going he did not turn to the right hand nor to the left from following Abner.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:20 @ And Abner looked behind him and said, [Are] you Asahel? And he answered, I [am].

mkjv@2Samuel:2:21 @ And Abner said to him, Turn aside to your right hand or to your left, and lay hold on one of the young men, and take for yourself. But Asahel would not turn aside from following him.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:22 @ And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn aside from following me. Why should I strike you to the ground? How then should I hold up my face to Joab your brother?

mkjv@2Samuel:2:23 @ However he refused to turn aside. Therefore Abner struck him with the blunt end of the spear in the belly, and the spear came out behind him. And he fell down there, and died in the same place. And it happened that everyone who came to the place where Asahel fell down and died, stood still.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:24 @ And Joab and Abishai ran after Abner. And the sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, which [lies] before Giah by the way of the wilderness of Gibeon.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:25 @ And the sons of Benjamin gathered themselves together after Abner, and became one troop, and stood on the top of a hill.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:26 @ Then Abner called to Joab and said, Shall the sword devour forever? Do you not know that it will be bitter in the end? How long shall it be then before you command the people to return from chasing their brothers?

mkjv@2Samuel:2:27 @ And Joab said, [As] God lives, unless you had spoken, surely then in the morning the people would have gone up each one from following his brother.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:28 @ And Joab blew a ram's horn, and all the people stood still and did not pursue after Israel any more, nor did they fight any more.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:29 @ And Abner and his men went all that night through the plain and passed over Jordan, and went all the forenoon and came to Mahanaim.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:30 @ And Joab returned from following Abner. And when [he] had gathered all the people together, nineteen men and Asahel were missing from David's servants.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:31 @ But the servants of David had stricken three hundred and sixty men of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, who died.

mkjv@2Samuel:2:32 @ And they took up Asahel and buried him in the tomb of his father, which [was in] Bethlehem. And Joab and his men went all night, and they came to Hebron at the break of day.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:1 @ And there was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. But David [became] stronger and stronger, and the house of Saul became weaker and weaker.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:2 @ And sons were born to David in Hebron. And his first-born [was] Amnon, [the son of] Ahinoam of Jezreel.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:3 @ And his second was Chileab, of Abigail of Carmel, the former wife of Nabal. And the third [was] Absalom, the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:4 @ And the fourth [was] Adonijah, the son of Haggith. And the fifth [was] Shephatiah, the son of Abital.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:5 @ And the sixth [was] Ithream, by Eglah, David's wife. These were born to David in Hebron.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:6 @ And it happened, while there was war between the house of Saul and the house of David, Abner made himself strong for the house of Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:7 @ And Saul had a concubine whose name [was] Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. And [Ishbosheth] said to Abner, Why have you gone in to my father's concubine?

mkjv@2Samuel:3:8 @ And Abner was very angry over the words of Ishbosheth, and said, [Am] I a dog's head, who shows kindness against Judah this day to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not delivered you into the hand of David? [Am] I a dog's head that you charge me today with a fault concerning this woman today?

mkjv@2Samuel:3:9 @ So may God do to Abner, and more also, if I do not do to David as the LORD has sworn,

mkjv@2Samuel:3:10 @ to transfer the kingdom from the house of Saul, and to set up the throne of David over Israel and over Judah, from Dan even to Beer-sheba.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:11 @ And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:12 @ And Abner sent messengers to David on his behalf, saying, Whose [is] the land? He said, Cut your covenant with me, and, behold, my hand [shall be] with you, to bring about all Israel to you.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:13 @ And he said, Good! I will cut a covenant with you, but one thing I ask of you, saying, You shall not see my face unless you first bring Michal, Saul's daughter, when you come to see my face.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:14 @ And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth, Saul's son, saying, Deliver my wife Michal, whom I betrothed to me for a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:15 @ And Ishbosheth sent and took her from [her] husband, from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:16 @ And her husband went along with her, weeping behind her, to Bahurim. And Abner said to him, Go, return! And he returned.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:17 @ The word of Abner was with the elders of Israel, saying, You sought for David in times past [to be] king over you.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:18 @ And then do [it], for the LORD has spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save My people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:19 @ And Abner also spoke in the ears of Benjamin. And Abner went also to speak in the ears of David in Hebron all that seemed good to Israel, and all that seemed good to the whole house of Benjamin.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:20 @ And Abner came to David at Hebron, and twenty men came with him. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who [were] with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:21 @ And Abner said to David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel to my lord the king, so that they may make a covenant with you, and so that you may reign over all that your heart desires. And David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:22 @ And behold, the servants of David and Joab came from [pursuing] a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them. But Abner [was] not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:23 @ And Joab and all the army with him came, and they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he has sent him away, and he has gone in peace.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:24 @ And Joab came to the king and said, What have you done? Behold, Abner came to you. Why [is] this, [that] you have sent him away, and he has already gone?

mkjv@2Samuel:3:25 @ You know Abner the son of Ner, that he came to deceive you, and to know your going out and your coming in, and to know all that you do.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:26 @ And Joab left David and sent messengers after Abner, who brought him again from the well of Sirah. But David did not know.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:27 @ And Abner returned to Hebron. And Joab took him aside in the gate to speak with him privately. And [he] struck him there in the belly, and he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:28 @ And afterward David heard, and said, My kingdom and I [are] guiltless before the LORD forever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:29 @ Let it whirl about the head of Joab, and on all his father's house. And let there not fail from the house of Joab one who has an issue, or who is a leper, or who leans on a staff, or who falls on the sword, or who lacks bread.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:30 @ And Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had slain their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:31 @ And David said to Joab and to all the people with him, Tear your clothes and gird yourselves with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David followed the bier.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:32 @ And they buried Abner in Hebron. And the king lifted up his voice and wept at the grave of Abner. And all the people wept.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:33 @ And the king mourned over Abner and said, Did Abner die like a fool dies?

mkjv@2Samuel:3:34 @ Your hands [were] not bound, nor your feet put into fetters; as a man falls before wicked men, so you fell. And all the people wept again over him.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:35 @ And all the people came to cause David to eat food while it was still day; David swore, saying, So let God do to me, and more also, if I taste bread or anything else until the sun is down.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:36 @ And all the people took notice, and it pleased them, as whatever the king did pleased all the people.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:37 @ For all the people and all Israel understood that day that it was not of the king to kill Abner the son of Ner.

mkjv@2Samuel:3:38 @ And the king said to his servants, Do you not know that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

mkjv@2Samuel:3:39 @ And I [am] weak this day, though anointed king. And these men, the sons of Zeruiah, [are] too hard for me. The LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:1 @ And Saul's son heard that Abner was dead in Hebron. And his hands were feeble, and all the Israelites were troubled.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:2 @ And Saul's son had two men [that were] captains of bands. The name of the one [was] Baanah, and the name of the other was Rechab, the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth, of the sons of Benjamin. For Beeroth also was counted to Benjamin;

mkjv@2Samuel:4:3 @ and the men of Beeroth fled to Gittaim and were strangers there until this day.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:4 @ And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son who [was] lame in [his] feet. He was five years old when the news of Saul and Jonathan came out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up and fled. And as she made haste to flee he fell and became lame. And his name [was] Mephibosheth.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:5 @ And the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth, Rechab and Baanah, came at the heat of the day to the house of Ishbosheth. And he was lying [on his] bed [at] noon.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:6 @ And they came to the midst of the house, bringing wheat. And they struck him in the belly. And Rechab and Baanah his brother escaped.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:7 @ And they came into the house, and he lay in his bed in his bedroom. And they struck him and killed him, and beheaded him and took his head and got away through the plain all night.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:8 @ And [they] brought the head of Ishbosheth to David at Hebron. and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. And the LORD has avenged my lord the king this day of Saul and of his seed.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:9 @ And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon of Beeroth, and said to them, [As] the Lord lives, who has redeemed my soul out of all adversity,

mkjv@2Samuel:4:10 @ when one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, [thinking] to have brought good news, I took hold of him and killed him in Ziklag. I gave that to him as a reward.

mkjv@2Samuel:4:11 @ Indeed when wicked men have slain a righteous person in his own house upon his bed, shall I not therefore now require his blood of your hand, and take you away from the earth?

mkjv@2Samuel:4:12 @ And David commanded his young men, and they killed them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged [them] up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ishbosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:1 @ And all the tribes of Israel came to David, to Hebron, and spoke, saying, Behold, we [are] your bone and your flesh.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:2 @ Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, you were he who led Israel out and brought them in. And the LORD said to you, You shall feed My people Israel, and you shall be a leader over Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:3 @ And all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. And king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:4 @ David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign. He reigned forty years.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:5 @ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:6 @ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem to the Jebusites, the people of the land. And one spoke to David saying, You shall not come in here, except the blind and the lame will turn you away; also saying, David cannot come in here.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:7 @ And David took the stronghold of Zion; it [is] the city of David.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:8 @ And David said on that day, Anyone who strikes the Jebusite, let him go by the water-shaft and [take] the lame and the blind, the hated of David's soul. On account of this they say, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:9 @ And David lived in the fort, and called it [the] city of David. And David built all around, from Millo and inward.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:10 @ And David went on and became great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:11 @ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons to David. And they built David a house.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:12 @ And David saw that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that He had made his kingdom sure for His people Israel's sake.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:13 @ And David took more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. And there were still more sons and daughters born to David.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:14 @ These [are] the names of those to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon,

mkjv@2Samuel:5:15 @ and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,

mkjv@2Samuel:5:16 @ and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:17 @ And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel. And all the Philistines came up to seek David. And David heard, and went down to the stronghold.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:18 @ And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the Valley of the Giants.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:19 @ And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand? And the LORD said to David, Go up! For I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:20 @ And David came to Baal-perazim, and David struck them there, and said, The LORD has broken forth [on] my enemies before me, like the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place The Breaking of Baal.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:21 @ And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:22 @ And the Philistines came up again and spread themselves in the Valley of the Giants.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:23 @ And David inquired of the LORD, and He said, You shall not go up, [but] go around behind them and come upon them over across from the weeping trees.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:24 @ And it shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the weeping trees, then you shall strike. For then the LORD shall go out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.

mkjv@2Samuel:5:25 @ And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him. And [he] struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:1 @ Again David gathered every chosen one in Israel, thirty thousand.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:2 @ And David arose and went with all the people with him from beyond Baale of Judah, to bring up the ark of God from there, which [is] called [by] the Name, the Name of the LORD of hosts who dwells [above] the cherubs.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:3 @ And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab in Gibeah. And Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:4 @ And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab at Gibeah, going with the ark of God. And Ahio went before the ark.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:5 @ And David and all the house of Israel [were] dancing before the LORD on all [instruments] of fir wood, with lyres and with harps, and with tambourines, and with sistra, and with cymbals.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:6 @ And when they came to Nachon's threshing-floor, Uzzah reached out to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the oxen upset it.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:7 @ And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah. And God struck him there for the error. And he died there by the ark of God.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:8 @ And David was displeased because the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah. And he called the name of the place The Break of Uzzah to this day.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:9 @ And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?

mkjv@2Samuel:6:10 @ And David was not willing to bring the ark of the LORD to him into the city of David. But David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite the Levite.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:11 @ And the ark of the LORD stayed in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months. And the LORD blessed Obed-edom and all his household.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:12 @ And they told King David, saying, The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that [belongs] to him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:13 @ And it happened that when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:14 @ And David danced before the LORD with all [his] might. And David [was] girded with a linen ephod.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:15 @ And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the ram's horn.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:16 @ And it happened [as] the ark of the LORD came to the city of David, Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD. And she despised him in her heart.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:17 @ And they brought in the ark of the LORD and set it in its place in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it. And David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:18 @ And as soon as David had made an end of offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of Jehovah of hosts.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:19 @ And he gave out among all the people, among all the multitude of Israel, to the women as well as men, to each one a cake of bread and one raisin-cake. And all the people departed, each one to his house.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:20 @ And David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!

mkjv@2Samuel:6:21 @ And David said to Michal, [It was] before Jehovah, who chose me before your father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of Jehovah, over Israel. And I danced before Jehovah.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:22 @ And I will be still lower than this, and will be base in my own sight. And of the handmaids of whom you have spoken, with them I shall be had in honor.

mkjv@2Samuel:6:23 @ And Michal the daughter of Saul had no child by David] to the day of her death.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:1 @ And it happened when the king dwelt in his house, and when the LORD had given him rest round about from all his enemies,

mkjv@2Samuel:7:2 @ the king said to Nathan the prophet, See now, I live in a house of cedar, but the ark of God dwells within curtains.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:3 @ And Nathan said to the king, Go, do all that [is] in your heart, for the LORD [is] with you.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:4 @ And that night the word of the LORD came to Nathan saying,

mkjv@2Samuel:7:5 @ Go and tell My servant David, So says the LORD, Shall you build Me a house for My dwelling?

mkjv@2Samuel:7:6 @ For I have not dwelt in a house since the day that I brought up the sons out of Egypt until this day, but have walked in a tent, even in a tabernacle.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:7 @ In all [places] in which I have walked with all the sons of Israel, did I speak a word with any of the tribes of Israel, [those] I commanded to feed My people Israel, saying, Why do you not build Me a house of cedars?

mkjv@2Samuel:7:8 @ And now so shall you say to My servant David, So says the LORD of hosts: I took you from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to be ruler over My people, over Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:9 @ And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name like the name of the great ones in the earth.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:10 @ And I will appoint a place for My people Israel, and will plant them so that they may dwell in a place of their own, and move no more. Neither shall the sons of wickedness afflict them any more, as before.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:11 @ And even from the time that I commanded judges [to be] over My people of Israel, so will I cause you to rest from all your enemies. Also the LORD tells you that He will make you a house.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:12 @ And when your days [are] fulfilled, and you shall sleep with your fathers, I will set up your seed after you, who shall come out of your bowels. And I will make his kingdom sure.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:13 @ He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:14 @ I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the sons of men.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:15 @ But My mercy shall not leave him, as I took [it] from Saul, whom I put away before you.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:16 @ And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before you. Your throne [shall be] established forever.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:17 @ According to all these words, and according to all this vision, so Nathan spoke to David.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:18 @ Then King David went in and sat before the LORD. And he said, Who [am] I, O Lord Jehovah? And what [is] my house, that You have brought me here?

mkjv@2Samuel:7:19 @ And this was yet a small thing in Your sight, O Lord God. But You have spoken also of Your servant's house for a great while to come. And [is] this the manner of men, O Lord God?

mkjv@2Samuel:7:20 @ And what can David say more to You? For You, O Lord Jehovah, know Your servant.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:21 @ For Your word's sake, and according to Your own heart, You have done all these great things to make Your servant know.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:22 @ Therefore You are great, O Jehovah God. For there is none like You, neither is there any God besides You, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:23 @ And what one nation in the earth [is] like Your people, like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to Himself, and to make Him a name, and to do for You great things and terrible, for Your land, before Your people, whom You redeemed to You from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

mkjv@2Samuel:7:24 @ For You have confirmed to Yourself Your people Israel [to be] a people to You forever. And You, LORD, have become their God.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:25 @ And now, O LORD God, the word that You have spoken concerning Your servant, and concerning his house: establish [it] forever, and do as You have said.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:26 @ And let Your name be magnified forever, saying, The Jehovah of hosts [is] the God over Israel. And let the house of Your servant David be established before You.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:27 @ For You, O Jehovah of hosts, God of Israel, have revealed to Your servant, saying, I will build you a house. Therefore Your servant has found in his heart to pray this prayer to You.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:28 @ And now, O Lord Jehovah, You [are] that God, and Your words are true, and You have promised this goodness to Your servant.

mkjv@2Samuel:7:29 @ Therefore, now, let it please You to bless the house of Your servant, to be forever before You. For You, O Lord GOD, have spoken. And with Your blessing let the house of Your servant be blessed forever.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:1 @ And it happened afterward, David struck the Philistines and humbled them. And David took The Bridle of the Metropolis out of the hand of the Philistines.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:2 @ And he struck Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground. Even with two lines he measured to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And the Moabites became David's servants, bringing gifts.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:3 @ David also struck Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river [Euphrates].

mkjv@2Samuel:8:4 @ And David took from him seventeen hundred horsemen, and twenty thousand footmen. And David hamstrung all the chariot [horses] but kept enough of them for a hundred chariots.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:5 @ And when the Syrians of Damascus came to rescue Hadadezer king of Zobah, David killed twenty-two thousand men of the Syrians.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:6 @ And David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus. And the Syrians became servants to David, bringing gifts. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:7 @ And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:8 @ And from Betah, and from Berothai, cities of Hadadezer, king David took very much bronze.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:9 @ And Toi king of Hamath heard that David had struck all the army of Hadadezer.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:10 @ Then Toi sent Joram his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and had struck him. For Hadadezer had wars against Toi. And in his hand were silver articles, and golden articles, and bronze articles.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:11 @ King David also dedicated them to the LORD, with the silver and gold that he had dedicated from all nations which he subdued:

mkjv@2Samuel:8:12 @ of Syria, and of Moab, and of the sons of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:13 @ And David made a name [for himself] when he returned from striking the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, eighteen thousand [men].

mkjv@2Samuel:8:14 @ And he put garrisons in Edom. He put garrisons throughout all Edom, and all the men of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David wherever he went.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:15 @ And David reigned over all Israel. And David did judgment and justice to all his people.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:16 @ And Joab the son of Zeruiah [was] over the army. And Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:17 @ And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, [were] the priests. And Seraiah [was] the scribe.

mkjv@2Samuel:8:18 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was over] both the Cherethites and the Pelethites. And David's sons were priests.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:1 @ And David said, Is there still any that is left from the house of Saul, that I may show him kindness for Jonathan's sake?

mkjv@2Samuel:9:2 @ And [there was] of the house of Saul a servant whose name [was] Ziba. And they called him to David, and the king said to him, [Are] you Ziba? And he said, Your servant.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:3 @ And the king said, [is] there not still any of the house of Saul, so that I may show the kindness of God to him? And Ziba said to the king, Jonathan still has a son, [who is] lame in his feet.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:4 @ And the king said to him, Where [is] he? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he [is] in the house of Machir, the son of Ammiel, in Lodebar.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:5 @ And King David sent and brought him out of the house of Machir the son of Ammiel, from Lodebar.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:6 @ And Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, and fell on his face and bowed to him. And David said, Mephibosheth! And he answered, Behold your servant!

mkjv@2Samuel:9:7 @ And David said to him, Do not fear, for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father. And you shall eat bread at my table forever.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:8 @ And he bowed himself and said, What [is] your servant, that you should look upon such a dead dog as I?

mkjv@2Samuel:9:9 @ Then the king called to Ziba, Saul's servant, and said to him, I have given to your master's son all that [belonged] to Saul and to all his house.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:10 @ And you shall till the land for him, you and your sons and your servants. And you shall bring in [the fruits] so that your master's son may have bread to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master's son, shall eat bread always at my table. And Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:11 @ And Ziba said to the king, According to all that my lord the king has commanded his servant, so shall your servant do. And Mephibosheth [was] eating at my table like one of the king's sons.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:12 @ And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name [was] Micah. And all that lived in the house of Ziba [were] servants to Mephibosheth.

mkjv@2Samuel:9:13 @ And Mephibosheth lived in Jerusalem. For he always sat at the king's table. And he [was] lame in both his feet.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:1 @ And it happened after this, the king of the sons of Ammon died, and his son Hanun reigned in his stead.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:2 @ And David said, I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me. And David sent to comfort him for his father, by the hand of his servants. And David's servants came to the land of the sons of Ammon.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:3 @ And the leaders of the sons of Ammon said to Hanun their lord, Do you think that David honors your father, that he has sent comforters to you? Has not David sent his servants to you to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

mkjv@2Samuel:10:4 @ And Hanun took David's servants and shaved off half their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, to their buttocks, and sent them away.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:5 @ And they told David, and he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed. And the king said, Stay at Jericho until your beards are grown, and return.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:6 @ And the sons of Ammon saw that they had begun to stink before David. And the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zobah, twenty thousand footmen, and from King Maacah a thousand men, and from Ishtob twelve thousand men.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:7 @ And David heard. And he sent Joab and all the army of the mighty men.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:8 @ And the sons of Ammon came out and put the battle in order at the entering in of the gate. And the Syrians of Zobah, and of Rehob, and Ishtob, and Maacah, [were] by themselves in the field.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:9 @ And Joab saw that the front of the battle was against him before and behind. And he chose from all the choice ones of Israel, and put [them] in order against the Syrians.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:10 @ And the rest of the people he delivered into the hand of Abishai his brother, so that he might set in order against the sons of Ammon.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:11 @ And he said, If the Syrians are too strong for me, then you shall help me. But if the sons of Ammon are too strong for you, then I will come and help you.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:12 @ Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people and for the cities of our God. And may the LORD do that which seems good to Him.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:13 @ And Joab and the people with him drew near to the battle against the Syrians. And they fled before him.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:14 @ And when the sons of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, then they fled also before Abishai, and entered into the city. And Joab returned from the sons of Ammon and came to Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:15 @ And the Syrians saw that they were beaten before Israel, and they gathered together.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:16 @ And Hadarezer sent and brought out the Syrians who [were] beyond the river. And they came to Helam. And Shobach the commander of the army of Hadarezer went before them.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:17 @ And David was told. And he gathered all Israel and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in order to meet David and fought with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:18 @ And the Syrians fled before Israel. And David killed [the men of] seven hundred chariots of the Syrians, and forty thousand horsemen, and struck Shobach the captain of their army, who died there.

mkjv@2Samuel:10:19 @ And all the kings, the servants of Hadarezer, saw that they were beaten before Israel, and [they] made peace with Israel and served them. And the Syrians feared to help the sons of Ammon any more.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:1 @ And it happened at the turn of the year, at the time kings go forth, David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel. And they destroyed the sons of Ammon and circled Rabbah. But David remained at Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:2 @ And it happened one evening, David arose from his bed and walked on the roof of the king's house. And from the roof [he saw] a woman bathing. And the woman [was] very beautiful to look upon.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:3 @ And David sent and asked about the woman. And [one] said, [Is] not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?

mkjv@2Samuel:11:4 @ And David sent messengers and took her. And she came in to him, and he lay with her. And she had purified herself from her uncleanness. And she returned to her house.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:5 @ And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I [am] with child.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:6 @ And David sent to Joab, [saying], Send me Uriah the Hittite. And Joab sent Uriah to David.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:7 @ And when Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab did, and how the people did, and how the war went.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:8 @ And David said to Uriah, Go down to your house and wash your feet. And Uriah left the king's house. And a gift from the king went out after him.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:9 @ But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and did not go down to his house.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:10 @ And they told David, saying, Uriah did not go to his house. And David said to Uriah, Did you not come from a journey? Why have you not gone down to your house?

mkjv@2Samuel:11:11 @ And Uriah said to David, The ark and Israel and Judah abide in tents. And my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are camped in the open fields. Shall I then go to my house to eat and to drink and to lie with my wife? [As] you live, and [as] your soul lives, I will not do this thing.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:12 @ And David said to Uriah, Stay here today also, and tomorrow I will let you go. And Uriah stayed in Jerusalem that day and the next day.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:13 @ And when David had called him, he ate and drank before him. And he made him drunk. And at evening he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but he did not go down to his house.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:14 @ And it happened in the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab and sent [it] by the hand of Uriah.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:15 @ And he wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and draw back from him so that he may be stricken and die.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:16 @ And it happened when Joab observed the city, he sent Uriah to a place where he knew brave men [were].

mkjv@2Samuel:11:17 @ And the men of the city went out and fought with Joab. And [some] of the people of the servants of David fell. And Uriah the Hittite also died.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:18 @ Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:19 @ And [he] commanded the messenger saying, When you have made an end of telling the matters of the war to the king,

mkjv@2Samuel:11:20 @ and if it be so that the king's wrath arise, and he say to you, Why did you approach so near to the city when you fought? Did you not know that they would shoot from the wall?

mkjv@2Samuel:11:21 @ Who struck Abimelech the son of Jerub-besheth? Did not a woman cast a piece of a millstone upon him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez? Why did you go near the wall? And you shall say, Your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:22 @ And the messenger departed, and came and told David all that Joab had sent him to [tell].

mkjv@2Samuel:11:23 @ And the messenger said to David, Surely the men prevailed against us, and came out to us to the field, and we were upon them even to the entering of the gate.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:24 @ And the shooters shot from off the wall upon your servants, and [some] of the king's servants are dead, and your servant Uriah the Hittite is dead also.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:25 @ Then David said to the messenger, So you shall say to Joab, Do not let this thing displease you, for the sword devours one as well as another. Make your battle stronger against the city and overthrow it. And you encourage him.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:26 @ And the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband [was] dead, and mourned for her husband.

mkjv@2Samuel:11:27 @ And when her mourning was past, David sent and brought her to his house, and she became his wife and bore him a son. But the thing that David had done was evil in the eyes of the LORD.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:1 @ And the LORD sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and said to him, There were two men in one city, one rich and one poor.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:2 @ [The] rich one had exceeding many flocks and herds,

mkjv@2Samuel:12:3 @ but the poor one had nothing except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished up. And it grew up together with him and with his sons. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was to him like a daughter.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:4 @ And there came a traveler to the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock and of his own herd to dress for the traveler that had come to him. But he took the poor man's lamb and dressed it for the man who had come to him.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:5 @ And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man. And he said to Nathan, [As] the Lord lives, the man who has done this shall surely die.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:6 @ And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:7 @ And Nathan said to David, You [are] the man! So says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:8 @ And I gave you your master's house and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah. And if that [was] too little, I would have given to you such and such [things] besides.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:9 @ Why have you despised the word of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have stricken Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife [to be] your wife, and have killed him with the sword of the sons of Ammon.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:10 @ And therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:11 @ So says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you out of your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes and give [them] to your neighbor. And he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:12 @ For you did [it] secretly, but I will do this thing before all Israel and before the sun.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:13 @ And David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. And Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:14 @ Only, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, this child born to you shall surely die.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:15 @ And Nathan left to go to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it was very sick.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:16 @ And David prayed to God for the child. And David fasted, and went in and lay all night upon the earth.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:17 @ And the elders of his house rose up toward him, to raise him up from the earth. But he would not, neither did he eat bread with them.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:18 @ And it happened on the seventh day, the child died. And the servants of David feared to tell him that the child was dead. For they said, Behold, while the child was still alive we spoke to him, and he would not listen to our voice. How then will he trouble himself if we tell him that the child is dead?

mkjv@2Samuel:12:19 @ But David saw that his servants whispered. And David understood that the child was dead. And David said to his servants, Is the boy dead? And they said, He is dead.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:20 @ And David arose from the earth and washed, and anointed [himself], and changed his clothing, and came into the house of the LORD and worshiped. And he came to his house, and commanded, and they brought bread before him and he ate.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:21 @ Then his servants said to him, What [is] this that you have done? You fasted and wept for the living boy, but when the child was dead you arose and ate bread!

mkjv@2Samuel:12:22 @ And he said, While the child was still alive, I fasted and wept; for I said, Who can tell [if] God will be gracious to me so that the child may live?

mkjv@2Samuel:12:23 @ But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:24 @ And David comforted his wife Bathsheba. And he went in to her and lay with her. And she bore a son. And he called his name Solomon. And the LORD loved him.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:25 @ And he sent by the hand of Nathan the prophet, and he called his name Jedidiah, because of Jehovah.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:26 @ And Joab fought against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and took the royal city.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:27 @ And Joab sent messengers to David and said, I have fought against Rabbah, and have taken the city of waters.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:28 @ And therefore gather the rest of the people together, and camp against the city and take it, lest I take the city and it be called after my name.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:29 @ And David gathered all the people and went to Rabbah, and fought against it and took it.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:30 @ And he took the king's crown from off his head, the weight of which [was] a talent of gold, and a precious stone in it. And it was [set] on David's head. And he brought forth the spoil of the city in great abundance.

mkjv@2Samuel:12:31 @ And he brought forth the people that [were] in it, and put them to the saw, and to sharp tools of iron, and to axes of iron. And he made them go over into the brick-kiln. And so he did to all the cities of the sons of Ammon. And David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:1 @ And it happened after this Absalom the son of David had a beautiful sister whose name [was] Tamar. And Amnon the son of David loved her.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:2 @ And Amnon was so troubled that he fell sick for his sister Tamar, for she [was] a virgin. And Amnon thought it hard for him to do anything to her.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:3 @ And Amnon had a friend, whose name [was] Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah. And Jonadab [was] a very crafty man.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:4 @ And he said to him, Why [are] you, the king's son, lean from day to day? Will you not tell me? And Amnon said to him, I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:5 @ And Jonadab said to him, Lay down on your bed and make yourself sick. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, Please let my sister Tamar come and give me food, and prepare the food in my sight so that I may see and eat [it] at her hand.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:6 @ And Amnon lay down and made himself sick. And when the king had come to see him, Amnon said to the king, Please let my sister Tamar come and make me a couple of cakes in my sight, so that I may eat at her hand.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:7 @ And David sent home to Tamar, saying, Go now to your brother Amnon's house, and prepare food for him.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:8 @ And Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house. And he had lain down. And she took flour and kneaded [it], and made cakes in his sight, and baked the cakes.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:9 @ And she took a pan and poured [them] out before him. But he refused to eat. And Amnon said, Make every man go out from me. And every man went out from him.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:10 @ And Amnon said to Tamar, Bring the food into the room so that I may eat out of your hand. And Tamar took the cakes which she had made, and brought [them] into the room to Amnon her brother.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:11 @ And when she had brought [them] to him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, Come lie with me, my sister.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:12 @ And she answered him, No, my brother, do not humble me. For no such thing ought to be done in Israel. Do not do this folly.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:13 @ And I, where shall I cause my shame to go? And as for you, you shall be as one of the fools in Israel. But now please speak to the king. For he will not withhold me from you.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:14 @ But he would not listen to her voice; but being stronger than she, he forced her and lay with her.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:15 @ Then Amnon hated her with a great hatred. And the hatred with which he hated her [was] greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, Get up and go.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:16 @ And she said to him, [There is] no cause. This evil in sending me away [is] greater than the other that you did to me. But he would not listen to her.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:17 @ And he called his servant who waited on him and said, And put this [woman] out from me, and bolt the door after her.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:18 @ And [she had] a robe of many colors upon her, for the king's virgin daughters were clothed with such robes. And his servant brought her out and bolted the door after her.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:19 @ And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the robe of many colors that [was] on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on, crying.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:20 @ And Absalom her brother said to her, Has Amnon your brother been with you? But now hold your peace, my sister. He [is] your brother. Do not set your heart on this thing. And Tamar remained desolate in the house of her brother Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:21 @ And when King David heard of all these things, he was very angry.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:22 @ And Absalom did not speak to his brother Amnon, neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon because he had forced his sister Tamar.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:23 @ And it happened after two full years Absalom had sheepshearers in Baal-hazor, beside Ephraim. And Absalom invited all the king's sons.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:24 @ And Absalom came to the king and said, Behold now, your servant has shearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:25 @ And the king said to Absalom, No, my son, let us not all go now, lest we be too heavy upon you. And he pressed him. He would not go, however, but blessed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:26 @ Then Absalom said, If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us? And the king said to him, Why should he go with you?

mkjv@2Samuel:13:27 @ But Absalom pressed him, so that he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:28 @ And Absalom had commanded his servants, saying, And watch when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Strike Amnon, you shall kill him. Do not fear. Have I not commanded you? Be courageous, and be brave.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:29 @ And the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. And all the king's sons arose. And they each got on his mule and fled.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:30 @ And it happened while they were in the way, news came to David, saying, Absalom has killed all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:31 @ And the king arose and tore his garments, and lay on the earth. And all his servants stood by with their clothes torn.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:32 @ And Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah answered and said, Let not my lord think that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons. For only Amnon is dead. For by the mouth of Absalom this has been determined from the day that he humbled his sister Tamar.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:33 @ And now do not let my lord the king take the thing to his heart, to think that all the king's sons are dead, for only Amnon is dead.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:34 @ But Absalom fled. And the young man that kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked. And, behold, many people came by the way of the hillside behind him.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:35 @ And Jonadab said to the king, Behold, the king's sons come; as your servant said, so it is.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:36 @ And it happened as soon as he had made an end of speaking, behold, the king's sons came. And they lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept with a great weeping.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:37 @ But Absalom fled and went to Talmai, the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And [David] mourned for his son every day.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:38 @ And Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years.

mkjv@2Samuel:13:39 @ And king David longed to go forth to Absalom, for he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:1 @ And Joab the son of Zeruiah saw that the king's heart [was] toward Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:2 @ And Joab sent to Tekoah and brought a wise woman from there. And he said to her, Please pretend yourself to be a mourner, and put on mourning clothes now, and do not anoint yourself with oil. But be like a woman who has mourned for the dead a long time.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:3 @ And come to the king, and speak in this way to him. And Joab put the words in her mouth.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:4 @ And the woman of Tekoah spoke to the king, and bowed and said, Save, O, King!

mkjv@2Samuel:14:5 @ And the king said to her. What ails you? And she answered, I [am] indeed a widow, and my husband died.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:6 @ And your handmaid had two sons, and the two of them fought together in the field. And [there was] no deliverer between them, but the one struck the other and killed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:7 @ And behold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid. And they said, Deliver him who struck his brother so that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed. And we will destroy the heir also. And so they shall put out my coal which is left, and shall leave to my husband [neither] name nor remainder upon the face of the earth.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:8 @ And the king said to the woman, Go to your house, and I will give command concerning you.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:9 @ And the woman of Tekoah said to the king. My lord, O king, may the iniquity [be] on me and on my father's house. And may the king and his throne [be] without guilt.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:10 @ And the king said, Whoever speaks to you, you also bring him to me, and he shall not touch you any more.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:11 @ Then she said, Please let the king remember the LORD your God, that you would not allow the avengers of blood to destroy any more, lest they should destroy my son. And he said, [As] the Lord lives, there shall not one hair of your son fall to the earth.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:12 @ Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak [one] more word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on!

mkjv@2Samuel:14:13 @ And the woman said, Why then have you thought such a thing against the people of God? For the king speaks this thing as one who is at fault, in that the king does not bring his banished one home again.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:14 @ For we must all die, and we [are] as water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. And God does not take a life, but has devised plans so that the outcast is not cast out from Him.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:15 @ And now I have come to speak of this thing to my lord the king, because the people have made me afraid. And your handmaid said, I will now speak to the king. It may be that the king will do what his handmaid has asked.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:16 @ For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man [who would] destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:17 @ And your handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comforting. For as an angel of God, so [is] my lord the king, to see what is good and bad. And the LORD your God will be with you.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:18 @ And the king answered and said to the woman, Please do not hide from me the thing that I shall ask you. And the woman said, Let my lord the king now speak.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:19 @ And the king said, [Is] the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman answered and said, [As] your soul lives, my lord the king, none shall turn to the right hand or to the left from anything which my lord the king has spoken. For your servant Joab commanded me. And he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:20 @ Your servant Joab has done this thing to change the face of the matter. And my lord [is] wise according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all that is in the land.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:21 @ And the king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing. Go therefore and bring the young man Absalom again.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:22 @ And Joab fell to the ground on his face, and bowed himself, and thanked the king. And Joab said, Today your servant knows that I have found grace in your sight, my lord, O, king, in that the king has done what your servant has asked.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:23 @ And Joab arose and went to Geshur, and brought Absalom to Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:24 @ And the king said, Let him turn to his own house, and let him not see my face. And Absalom returned to his own house, and did not see the king's face.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:25 @ But in all Israel there was not a man handsome like Absalom. From the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:26 @ And when he sheared his head (for it was at every year's end that he sheared it, because it was heavy on him. And he sheared it), and he weighed the hair of his head at two hundred shekels, according to the king's weight.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:27 @ And there were born three sons to Absalom, and one daughter, whose name [was] Tamar. She was a woman with a beautiful face.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:28 @ And Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem and did not see the king's face.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:29 @ And Absalom sent to Joab, to send him to the king. But he would not come to him. And when he sent again a second time, he would not come.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:30 @ And he said to his servants, See, Joab's field is near mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire! And Absalom's servants set the field on fire.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:31 @ And Joab arose and came to Absalom's house, and said to him, Why have your servants set my field on fire?

mkjv@2Samuel:14:32 @ And Absalom answered Joab, Behold, I sent to you, saying, Come here so that I may send you to the king, to say, Why [have] I come from Geshur? It [was] good for me to be there still. And now let me see the king's face, and if there is iniquity in me, let him kill me.

mkjv@2Samuel:14:33 @ And Joab came to the king and told him. And when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king. And the king kissed Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:1 @ And it happened after this, Absalom prepared himself chariots and horses and fifty men to run before him.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:2 @ And Absalom rose up early and stood beside the way of the gate. And it was [so], if any man had a suit to come before the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him and said, What city are] you from? And he said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:3 @ And Absalom said to him, See! Your matters [are] good and right. But no listener from the king [will hear] you.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:4 @ And Absalom said, Oh that I might be made judge in the land, so that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!

mkjv@2Samuel:15:5 @ And it was [so], when any man came near to bow down to him, he put forth his hand and took him and kissed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:6 @ And in this way Absalom did to all Israel that came to the king for judgment. And Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:7 @ And it happened at the end of forty years, Absalom said to the king, Please let me go and pay my vow which I have vowed to the LORD in Hebron.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:8 @ For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD will indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve the LORD.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:9 @ And the king said to him, Go in peace. And he arose and went to Hebron.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:10 @ But Absalom sent spies throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, As soon as you hear the sound of the ram's horn, then you shall say, Absalom reigns in Hebron!

mkjv@2Samuel:15:11 @ And with Absalom went two hundred called men out of Jerusalem. And they went in their honesty, and did not know anything.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:12 @ And Absalom sent for Ahithophel of Giloh, David's counselor, from his city Giloh, while he offered sacrifices. And the conspiracy was strong, for the people with Absalom grew more and more.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:13 @ And a messenger came to David saying, The hearts of the men of Israel are after Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:14 @ And David said to all his servants with him at Jerusalem, Arise, and let us flee! For [otherwise] we shall not escape from Absalom. Make haste to depart, lest he overtake us suddenly and bring evil upon us, and strike the city with the edge of the sword.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:15 @ And the king's servants said to the king, Behold, your servants [will do] whatever my lord the king shall choose.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:16 @ And the king went forth, and all his household after him. And the king left ten women, concubines, to keep the house.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:17 @ And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and stayed in a place that was far off.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:18 @ And all his servants passed on beside him. And all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the Gittites, six hundred men who came after him from Gath, passed on before the king.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:19 @ Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, Why do you also go with us? Return to your place, and stay with the king. For you [are] a stranger, and also an exile.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:20 @ Since you came [only] yesterday, should I make you go up and down with us today? Since I go where I may, you may return and take back your brothers. May mercy and truth be with you.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:21 @ And Ittai answered the king and said, [As] the Lord lives, and [as] my lord the king lives, surely in whatever place my lord the king shall be, whether in death or life, even there also will your servant be.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:22 @ And David said to Ittai, Go and pass over. And Ittai the Gittite passed over, and all his men, and all the little ones with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:23 @ And all the country wept [with] a loud voice, and all the people passed over. The king himself also passed over the torrent Kidron, and all the people passed over toward the way of the wilderness.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:24 @ And lo, Zadok came also, and all the Levites [were] with him, carrying the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God. And Abiathar went up until all the people had finished passing out of the city.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:25 @ And the king said to Zadok, Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I shall find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me again and show it to me, and its dwelling place also.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:26 @ But if He says this, I have no delight in you; behold me, and let Him do to me as [seems] good to Him.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:27 @ The king also said to Zadok the priest, [Are] you a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you. Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:28 @ Behold, I will wait in the plain of the wilderness until there comes word from you to tell me.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:29 @ And Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem. And they remained there.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:30 @ And David went up by the ascent of [mount] Olivet. And he wept as he went up, and had his head covered, and he went barefoot. And of all the people with him, each man covered his head. And they went up, weeping as they went.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:31 @ And [one] told David, saying, Ahithophel [is] among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray You, turn the advice of Ahithophel to foolishness.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:32 @ And it happened [when] David had come to the top, where he worshiped God, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and earth upon his head.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:33 @ David said to him, If you pass on with me, then you shall be a burden to me.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:34 @ But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, I [will be] your servant, O king; I have been your father's servant until now, and now I also [will be] your servant, then you may break down the advice of Ahithophel for me.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:35 @ And [do you] not [have] there with you Zadok and Abiathar the priests? And it shall be, whatever you shall hear out of the king's house, you shall tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:36 @ Behold, [they have] their two sons there with them, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son. And you shall send to me everything that you hear by them.

mkjv@2Samuel:15:37 @ And David's friend Hushai came to the city. And Absalom came into Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:1 @ And David had passed on a little from the top. And, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met [him] with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred [loaves] of bread, and a hundred bunches of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:2 @ And the king said to Ziba, What are these to you? And Ziba said, The asses [are] for the king's household to ride upon. And the bread and summer fruit are for the young men to eat. And the wine is so that the ones who are faint in the wilderness may drink.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:3 @ And the king said, And where [is] your master's son? And Ziba said to the king, Behold, he remains at Jerusalem. For he said, Today the house of Israel shall restore to me the kingdom of my father.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:4 @ And the king said to Ziba, Behold, All that [belonged] to Mephibosheth [is] yours. And Ziba said, I humbly beg you that I may find grace in your sight, my lord, O king.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:5 @ And King David came to Bahurim. And, behold, a man of the house of Saul came out from there, whose name [was] Shimei, the son of Gera. He came out, and he came cursing.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:6 @ And he threw stones at David and at all the servants of king David. And all the people and all the mighty men [were] on his right hand, and on his left.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:7 @ And Shimei said this in his cursing, Go out, O man of blood, O man of Belial.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:8 @ The LORD has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned. And the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son. And behold, you [are] [taken] in your mischief, because you [are] a man of blood!

mkjv@2Samuel:16:9 @ And Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go over and take off his head.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:10 @ And the king said, What have I to do with you, sons of Zeruiah? Let him curse, because the LORD has said to him, Curse David. Who then shall say, Why have you done so?

mkjv@2Samuel:16:11 @ And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, Behold, my son, who came forth from my bowels, seeks my life; and surely now [this] Benjamite? Let him alone and let him curse, for the LORD has spoken to him.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:12 @ It may be that the LORD will look on my affliction, and that the LORD will repay me with good for his cursing this day.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:13 @ And David and his men went by the highway. And Shimei went along on the hillside over across from him, and cursed [as] he went, and threw stones at him, and threw dust.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:14 @ And the king, and all the people with him arrived weary. And they refreshed themselves there.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:15 @ And Absalom and all the people, the men of Israel, came to Jerusalem. And Ahithophel went with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:16 @ And it happened, when Hushai the Archite, David's friend, had come to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, Let the king live, let the king live!

mkjv@2Samuel:16:17 @ And Absalom said to Hushai, [Is] this your kindness to your friend? Why did you not go with your friend?

mkjv@2Samuel:16:18 @ And Hushai said to Absalom, No, but whom the LORD and this people, and all the men of Israel choose, his will I be, and I will stay with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:19 @ And again, whom should I serve? [Should I] not serve in the presence of his son? As I have served in your father's presence, so I will be in your presence.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:20 @ And Absalom said to Ahithophel, Give your advice. What shall we do?

mkjv@2Samuel:16:21 @ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Go in to your father's concubines, that he left to keep the house. And all Israel shall hear that you are abhorred by your father. And the hands of all who [are] with you will be strong.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:22 @ And they spread Absalom a tent on the top of the house, and Absalom went in to his father's concubines in the sight of all Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:16:23 @ And the advice of Ahithophel, which he advised in those days, [was] as if a man had inquired at the oracle of God. So [was] all the advice of Ahithophel, both with David and with Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:1 @ And Ahithophel said to Absalom, Please let me choose out twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue after David tonight.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:2 @ And I will come upon him while he [is] weary and weak-handed, and I will make him tremble. And all the people with him will flee. And I will strike the king by himself.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:3 @ And I will bring back all the people to you, when all return, except the man whom you [are] seeking. All the people shall be in peace.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:4 @ And the saying pleased Absalom very much, and all the elders of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:5 @ And Absalom said, Please call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear likewise what is in his mouth.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:6 @ And Hushai came in to Absalom. And Absalom spoke to him saying, Ahithophel has spoken in this way. Shall we do his word? If not, you speak.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:7 @ And Hushai said to Absalom, The advice which Ahithophel has given [is] not good at this time.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:8 @ For, Hushai said, you know your father and his men, that they [are] mighty men, and they [are] bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father [is] a man of war, and will not stay the night with the people.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:9 @ Behold, he is hidden now in some pit, or in one of the places. And it shall be, at the falling among them at the first, whoever hears will say, There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:10 @ And also he, the son of valor, whose heart [is] like the heart of a lion, shall utterly melt. For all Israel knows that your father [is] a mighty man, and they who [are] with him [are] mighty men.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:11 @ Therefore I advise that all Israel be generally gathered to you, from Dan even to Beer-sheba, like the sand that [is] by the sea for multitude. And you yourself shall go into battle.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:12 @ And we shall come upon him in some place where he shall be found, and we will light upon him like the dew falls upon the ground. And of all the men that [are] with him, not even one shall be left.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:13 @ And if he has gotten into a city, then all Israel shall bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river until there is not one small stone found there.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:14 @ And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite [is] better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil on Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:15 @ And Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, This and this Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this and this I have advised.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:16 @ And now send quickly and tell David, saying, Do not stay in the plains of the wilderness tonight, but speedily pass over, lest the king be swallowed up, and all the people with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:17 @ And Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by En-rogel, for there they might not be seen to come into the city. And a slave-girl went and told them, and they went and told king David.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:18 @ But a lad saw them and told Absalom. But both of them went away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court, into which they went down.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:19 @ And the woman took and spread a covering over the well's mouth, and spread ground grain on it, and the thing was not known.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:20 @ And when Absalom's servants came to the woman, to the house, they said, Where [are] Ahimaaz and Jonathan? And the woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. And when they had searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:21 @ And it happened after they had departed, they came up out of the well, and went and told King David. And [they] said to David, Arise and pass quickly over the waters, for this is what Ahithophel has advised against you.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:22 @ Then David and all the people with him arose. And they passed over Jordan. By the morning light there was not one of them that had not gone over Jordan.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:23 @ And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, even he saddled the ass and arose, and went home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order. And he hanged himself and died, and was buried in the tomb of his father.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:24 @ And David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:25 @ And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa [was] the son of a man named Ithra, an Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah, Joab's mother.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:26 @ And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Gilead.

mkjv@2Samuel:17:27 @ And it happened when David came to Mahanaim, Shobi the son of Nahash of Rabbah, of the sons of Ammon, and Machir the son of Ammiel of Lodebar, and Barzillai the Gileadite of Rogelim,

mkjv@2Samuel:17:28 @ brought beds and basins and earthen vessels, and wheat and barley and flour and roasted [grain], and beans and lentils and other roasted food,

mkjv@2Samuel:17:29 @ and honey and butter and sheep and cheese from cows, for David and for the people with him to eat. For they said, The people [are] hungry and weary and thirsty in the wilderness.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:1 @ And David numbered the people who were with him, and set captains of thousands and captains of hundreds over them.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:2 @ And David sent forth a third of the people under the hand of Joab, and a third under the hand of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab's brother, and a third under the hand of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the people, I will also surely go forth with you myself.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:3 @ But the people answered, You shall not go forth. For if we run away, they will not set [their] heart on us, even if half of us die. For now you [are] worth ten thousand of us. And now it is] better that you remain to help us from the city.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:4 @ And the king said to them, I will do what is good in your eyes. And the king stood by the side of the gate, and all the people came out by hundreds and by thousands.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:5 @ And the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, For my sake be gentle with the young man, with Absalom. And all the people heard when the king gave all the commanders charge concerning Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:6 @ And the people went out into the field against Israel. And the battle was in the forest of Ephraim.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:7 @ And the people of Israel were killed there before the servants of David. And there was a great slaughter that day of twenty thousand.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:8 @ For the battle was scattered there over the face of all the country. And the forest devoured more people that day than the sword devoured.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:9 @ And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode on a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak. And his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heavens and the earth. And the mule under him went away.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:10 @ And a certain man saw and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:11 @ And Joab said to the man who told him, And, behold, you saw [him], and why did you not strike him there to the ground? And I would have given you ten shekels of silver and a girdle.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:12 @ And the man said to Joab, Though I should receive a thousand silverlings in my hand, yet I would not put forth my hand against the king's son. For in our ears the king charged you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, Beware you who go] against the young man, against Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:13 @ Or I would have dealt falsely with my own life, for there is no matter hidden from the king, and you yourself would have set yourself against [me].

mkjv@2Samuel:18:14 @ And Joab said, I cannot stay here with you this way! And he took three darts in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom while he [was] still alive in the midst of the oak.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:15 @ And ten young men who bore Joab's armor surrounded and struck Absalom, and killed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:16 @ And Joab blew the ram's horn, and the people returned from pursuing Israel. For Joab held back the people.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:17 @ And they took Absalom and threw him into a great pit in the forest. And they laid a very great heap of stones upon him. And all Israel fled, each one to his tent.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:18 @ And Absalom in his lifetime had taken and reared up for himself a pillar, which [is] in the King's Valley. For he said, I have no son to keep my name in remembrance. And he called the pillar after his own name. And it is called until this day, Absalom's monument.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:19 @ Then Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said, And let me run and bear the news to the king, how the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:20 @ And Joab said to him, You shall not bear news today, but you shall bear good news some other day. But today you shall bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:21 @ And Joab said to Cushi, Go tell the king what you have seen. And Cushi bowed himself to Joab, and ran.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:22 @ And Ahimaaz the son of Zadok said yet again to Joab, Yet whatever, please let me also run after the Cushite. And Joab said, Why will you run, my son, since you have no good news ready?

mkjv@2Samuel:18:23 @ But he said, Yet whatever, let me run! And he said to him, Run. And Ahimaaz ran by the way of the plain, and ran past the Cushite.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:24 @ And David sat between the two gates. And the watchman went up to the roof over the gate to the wall, and lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, a man ran alone.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:25 @ And the watchman cried and told the king. And the king said, If he [is] alone, there is news in his mouth. And he came apace and drew near.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:26 @ And the watchman saw another man running. And the watchman called to the porter and said, Behold, [another] man running alone. And the king said, He also brings news.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:27 @ And the watchman said, I see the running of the first is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He [is] a good man, and comes with good news.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:28 @ And Ahimaaz called and said to the king, Peace! And he fell down upon his face before the king, and said, Blessed [be] the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who lifted up their hand against my lord the king.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:29 @ And the king said, Peace to the young man, to Absalom? And Ahimaaz answered, When Joab sent the king's servant, and your servant, I saw a great uproar, but I did not know what [it was].

mkjv@2Samuel:18:30 @ And the king said, Turn aside, stand here. And he turned aside and stood still.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:31 @ And, behold, Cushi came. And Cushi said, Good news, my lord the king, for the LORD has avenged you this day of all those who rose up against you.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:32 @ And the king said to Cushi, Peace to the young man, to Absalom? And Cushi answered, May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do [you] hurt, be as the young man.

mkjv@2Samuel:18:33 @ And the king was much moved, and went up to the room over the gate and wept. And as he went, he said this, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! Would God I had died for you, O Absalom, my son, my son!

mkjv@2Samuel:19:1 @ And it was told to Joab, Behold, the king weeps and mourns for Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:2 @ And the victory that day was [turned] into mourning to all the people. For the people heard it said that day how the king was grieved for his son.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:3 @ And the people went up secretly into the city that day, as people who are ashamed steal away when they flee in battle.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:4 @ But the king covered his face, and the king cried [with] a loud voice, O my son Absalom, O Absalom, my son, my son!

mkjv@2Samuel:19:5 @ And Joab came into the house to the king and said, You have today shamed the faces of all your servants. For they have saved your life and the lives of your sons and your daughters today, the lives of your wives, and the lives of your concubines.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:6 @ By loving your enemies and hating those who love you, you have declared today that there are neither commanders nor servants to you. For I know that today if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you very much!

mkjv@2Samuel:19:7 @ And now get up and go out. Speak to the heart of your servants. For I swear by the LORD [if] you do not go out, not a man shall stay with you tonight. And that will be worse to you than all the evil which has come to you from your youth until now.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:8 @ Then the king arose and sat in the gate. And they told it to the people, saying, Behold, the king sits in the gate! And all the people came before the king. (For Israel had fled, every one to his tent.)

mkjv@2Samuel:19:9 @ And it happened, all the people quarreled throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, The king saved us out of the hand of our enemies, and he delivered us out of the hand of the Philistines. And now he has fled out of the land from Absalom.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:10 @ And Absalom, whom we anointed over us, [is] dead in battle. And now why do you not speak a word about bringing the king back?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:11 @ And King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? For the word of all Israel has come to the king, to his house.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:12 @ You [are] my brothers, and my flesh and my bone. Why then are you the last to bring back the king?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:13 @ And you say to Amasa, [Are] you not of my bone and of my flesh? May God do so to me, and more also, if you are not commander of the army before me all the days instead of Joab.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:14 @ And he bowed [the heart of] all the men of Judah, even as one man, so that they sent to the king, saying, Return, you and all your servants.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:15 @ And the king returned and came to Jordan. And Judah came to Gilgal to go to meet the king, to conduct the king over Jordan.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:16 @ And Shimei the son of Gera, the Benjamite from Bahurim, hurried and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:17 @ And a thousand men of Benjamin were with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him. And they went over Jordan before the king.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:18 @ And they had crossed over the ford to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king as he had come over Jordan.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:19 @ And [he] said to the king, Let not my lord charge iniquity to me. Do not remember the perverse way your servant acted in the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, for the king to take it to his heart.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:20 @ For your servant knows that I have sinned. And, behold, I come today, the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:21 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered and said, Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD's anointed?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:22 @ And David said, What do I have to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah, that you should be my foes today? Shall there be [any] man put to death today in Israel? For do I not know that I [am] king over Israel today?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:23 @ And the king said to Shimei, You shall not die. And the king swore to him.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:24 @ And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his moustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until he came in peace.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:25 @ And it happened when he had come to Jerusalem to meet the king, the king said to him, Why did you not go with me, Mephibosheth?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:26 @ And he answered, My lord, O, king, my servant deceived me. For your servant said, I will saddle me an ass so that I may ride on it and go to the king, because your servant [is] lame.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:27 @ And he spoke slander against your servant to my lord the king. But my lord the king [is] as an angel of God. And do [what is] good in your eyes.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:28 @ For all my father's house were but dead men before my lord the king. And you set your servant among those eating at your own table. What right then have I to cry to the king any more?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:29 @ And the king said to him, Why do you speak any more of your matters? I have said, You and Ziba divide the land.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:30 @ And Mephibosheth said to the king, Yes, let him take all, because my lord the king has come in peace to his own house.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:31 @ And Barzillai of Gilead came down from Rogelim, and went over Jordan with the king to conduct him over Jordan.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:32 @ And Barzillai was a very aged man, eighty years old. And he had provided food for the king while he abode at Mahanaim, for he [was] a very great man.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:33 @ And the king said to Barzillai, Come over with me and I will sustain you with me in Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:34 @ And Barzillai said to the king, How long do I have to live, that I should go up with the king to Jerusalem?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:35 @ I [am] eighty years old today, [and] can I discern between good and evil? Can your servant taste what I eat or what I drink? Can I any more hear the voice of singing men and singing women? Why then should your servant be still a burden to my lord the king?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:36 @ Your servant will go a little [way] over Jordan with the king. And why should the king repay me with such a reward?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:37 @ Please let your servant return so that I may die in my own city by the grave of my father and of my mother. But behold your servant Chimham, let him go over with my lord the king. And do to him what shall seem good to you.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:38 @ And the king answered, Chimham shall go over with me, and I will do to him that which shall seem good to you. And whatever you shall ask of me, that I will do for you.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:39 @ And all the people went over Jordan. And when the king had come over, the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him. And he returned to his place.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:40 @ And the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him. And all the people of Judah were bringing the king, and also half the people of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:19:41 @ And, behold, all the men of Israel came to the king, and said to the king, Why have our brothers the men of Judah stolen you away, and have brought the king and his household, and all David's men with him, over Jordan?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:42 @ And all the men of Judah answered the men of Israel, Because the king [is] near to us. Why then are you angry for this matter? Have we eaten at all at the king's [cost]? Or has he given us any gift?

mkjv@2Samuel:19:43 @ And the men of Israel answered the men of Judah and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we also have more [right] in David than you. Why then did you despise us, so that our advice should not be sought first in bringing back our king? And the words of the men of Judah were more fierce than the words of the men of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:1 @ And there happened to be there a man of Belial named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a ram's horn and said, We have no part in David, neither do we have any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, O, Israel!

mkjv@2Samuel:20:2 @ And every man of Israel went up from after David, following Sheba the son of Bichri. But the men of Judah clung to their king, from Jordan even to Jerusalem.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:3 @ And David came to his house at Jerusalem. And the king took the ten women, [his] concubines, whom he had left to keep the house, and put them in ward, and fed them but did not go in to them. And they were shut up till the day of their death, living in widowhood.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:4 @ And the king said to Amasa, gather to me the men of Judah [within] three days, and you be present here.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:5 @ And Amasa went to gather Judah. But he stayed longer than the set time which he had appointed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:6 @ And David said to Abishai, And Sheba the son of Bichri shall do us more harm than Absalom. You take your lord's servants and pursue him, lest he get himself into fortified cities and escape us.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:7 @ And Joab's men went out after him, and the Cherethites, and the Pelethites, and all the mighty men. And they went out of Jerusalem to pursue Sheba the son of Bichri.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:8 @ They [were] at the great stone which [is] in Gibeon, and Amasa had gone before them. And Joab was girded [with] his war-coat as his clothing. And upon it was a girdle with a sword fastened upon his loins, in its sheath. And as he went forth, it fell out.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:9 @ And Joab said to Amasa, [Are] you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kiss him.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:10 @ And Amasa was not on guard against the sword that [was] in Joab's hand. And he struck him with it in the belly, and poured out his bowels to the ground. And [he] did not strike him again. And he died. And Joab and Abishai his brother pursued after Sheba the son of Bichri.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:11 @ And one of Joab's men stood by him and said, He who favors Joab, and he who [is] for David, [go] after Joab!

mkjv@2Samuel:20:12 @ And Amasa wallowed in blood in the middle of the highway. And the man saw that all the people stood still. And he moved Amasa out of the highway into the field, and threw a garment over him when he saw that everyone who came by him stood still.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:13 @ When he was moved out of the highway, all the people went on after Joab, to pursue after Sheba the son of Bichri.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:14 @ And he went through all the tribes of Israel to Abel, and to Beth-maachah, and to all the Berites. And they were gathered, and went after him too.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:15 @ And they came and besieged him in Abel of Beth-maachah. And they threw up a siege-mound against the city. And it stood against the wall. And all the people with Joab were undermining the wall to make it fall.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:16 @ Then a wise woman cried out of the city, Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, Come near here so that I may speak with you.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:17 @ And when he had come near her, the woman said, [Are] you Joab? And he answered, I [am]. And she said to him, Hear the words of your handmaid. And he answered, I hear.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:18 @ And she spoke, saying, They spoke often in days gone by, saying, Surely they will ask of Abel, and so they ended [the matter].

mkjv@2Samuel:20:19 @ I [am] peaceable [and] faithful in Israel. You seek to destroy a city and a mother in Israel. Why will you swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?

mkjv@2Samuel:20:20 @ And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:21 @ The matter [is] not so. But a man of Mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Only deliver him, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said to Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to you over the wall.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:22 @ Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw [it] out to Joab. And he blew the ram's horn, and they scattered from the city, each man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:23 @ And Joab [was] over all the army of Israel. And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada [was] over the Cherethites and over the Pelethites.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:24 @ And Adoram [was] over the tribute. And Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud [was] recorder.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:25 @ And Sheva [was] scribe. And Zadok and Abiathar [were] the priests.

mkjv@2Samuel:20:26 @ And also Ira the Jairite was a chief ruler around David.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:1 @ And there was a famine in the days of David three years, year after year. And David inquired of the LORD. And the LORD answered, For Saul, and for [his] bloody house, because he killed the Gibeonites.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:2 @ And the king called the Gibeonites and spoke to them. And the Gibeonites [were] not of the sons of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites. And the sons of Israel had sworn to them. And Saul sought to kill them in his zeal to the sons of Israel and Judah.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:3 @ And David said to the Gibeonites, What shall I do for you? And with what shall I atone for this, so that you may bless the inheritance of the LORD?

mkjv@2Samuel:21:4 @ And the Gibeonites said to him, We will have no silver nor gold from Saul, nor from his house. Also, we will have no man in Israel put to death. And he said, What you shall say, I will do for you.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:5 @ And they answered the king, The man who destroyed us, and who devised against us, that we should be destroyed from remaining in any of the borders of Israel,

mkjv@2Samuel:21:6 @ let seven men of his sons be delivered to us, and we will hang them up to the Lord in Gibeah of Saul, the chosen of the LORD. And the king said, I will give [them].

mkjv@2Samuel:21:7 @ But the king spared Mephibosheth, the son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the LORD's oath that [was] between them, between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:8 @ But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bore to Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth, and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she bore to Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:9 @ And he delivered them into the hands of the Gibeonites. And they hanged them in the hill before the LORD. And they fell, seven together, and were put to death in the days of harvest, in the first [days], in the beginning of barley harvest.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:10 @ And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it for herself upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven. And she did not allow either the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:11 @ And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:12 @ And David went and took the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son from the men of Jabesh-gilead, who had stolen them from the plaza of Beth-shan, where the Philistines had hanged them when the Philistines had slain Saul in Gilboa.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:13 @ And he brought the bones of Saul and the bones of Jonathan his son up from there. And they gathered the bones of those who were hanged.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:14 @ And [they] buried the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son in the land of Benjamin in Zelah, in the tomb of his father Kish. And they did all that the king commanded. And afterward God heeded prayer for the land.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:15 @ And again the Philistines warred with Israel. And David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines. And David became faint.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:16 @ And Ishbi-benob, who [was] of the sons of the giant, the weight of whose spear [was] three hundred shekels of bronze in weight. And he being girded with a new [sword] thought to kill David.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:17 @ But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid, and struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then the men of David swore to him, saying, You shall not go out to battle with us any more, so that you do not put out the light of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:18 @ And it happened after this there was again a battle with the Philistines at Gob. Then Sibbechai the Hushathite killed Saph, who [was] of the sons of the giant.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:19 @ And there was again a battle with the Philistines in Gob, where Elhanan of Bethlehem, the son of Jaare-oregim, killed one of Goliath the Gittite, the staff of whose spear [was] like a weaver's beam.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:20 @ And there was yet again a battle in Gath. And there was a man of stature who had six fingers on each hand, and six toes on each foot, twenty-four in number. And he also was born to the giant.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:21 @ And when he defied Israel, Jonathan the son of Shimeah, the brother of David, killed him.

mkjv@2Samuel:21:22 @ These four were born to the giant in Gath, and fell by the hand of David, and by the hand of his servants.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:1 @ And David spoke to the LORD the words of this song in the day the LORD had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:2 @ And he said, The LORD [is] my Rock, and my Fortress, and my Deliverer.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:3 @ The God who is my Rock, in Him will I trust. [He is] my Shield, and the Horn of my salvation, my High Tower, and my Refuge, my Savior. You save me from violence.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:4 @ I will call upon the LORD, [who is] worthy to be praised. And I shall be saved from my enemies.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:5 @ When the waves of death encircled me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:6 @ The sorrows of hell hemmed me in. The snares of death went in front of me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:7 @ In my distress I called upon the LORD and cried to my God. And he heard my voice out of His temple, and my cry [entered] into His ears.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:8 @ And the earth shook and trembled. The foundations of the heavens moved and shook because He was angry.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:9 @ Smoke went up out of His nostrils, and fire out of His mouth devoured. Coals were kindled by it.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:10 @ He bowed the heavens also, and came down. And darkness [was] under His feet.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:11 @ And He rode upon a cherub and did fly. And [He] was seen upon the wings of the wind.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:12 @ And He made darkness coverings around Him, dark waters, thick clouds of the skies.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:13 @ From the brightness before Him were coals of fire kindled.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:14 @ The LORD thundered from the heavens, and the Most High uttered His voice.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:15 @ And He sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and troubled them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:16 @ And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were uncovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of His nostrils.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:17 @ He sent from above, He took me. He drew me out of many waters.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:18 @ He delivered me from my strong enemy, from those who hated me; for they were stronger than I.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:19 @ They went before me in the day of my calamity, but the LORD was my stay.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:20 @ He brought me forth also into a large place. He delivered me because He delighted in me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:21 @ The LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands He has rewarded me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:22 @ For I have kept the ways of the LORD, and have not wickedly departed from my God.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:23 @ For all His judgments [were] before me. And as for His statutes, I did not depart from them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:24 @ I was also upright before Him, and have kept myself from my iniquity.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:25 @ And the LORD rewarded me according to my righteousness, according to my cleanness in His eyes.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:26 @ With the faithful You will show Yourself faithful; with the upright man You will show Yourself upright.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:27 @ With the pure You will show Yourself pure; and with the perverted You will appear perverse.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:28 @ And You will save the afflicted people, but Your eyes [are] on the proud, [whom] You bring low.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:29 @ For You [are] my lamp, O LORD. And the LORD will lighten my darkness.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:30 @ For by You I have run [through] a troop. By my God I have leaped over a wall.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:31 @ [As for] God, His way [is] perfect. The word of the LORD [is] tried. He is a shield to all those who seek refuge in Him.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:32 @ For who [is] God, except Jehovah? And who [is] a rock except our God?

mkjv@2Samuel:22:33 @ God [is] my strength [and] power, and He makes my way perfect.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:34 @ [He] makes my feet like hinds' [feet], and causing me to stand on my high places.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:35 @ He teaches my hands to war, so that my hands may bend a bow of bronze.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:36 @ You have also given me the shield of Your salvation, and Your gentleness has made me great.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:37 @ You have enlarged my steps under me, so that my feet did not slip.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:38 @ I have pursued my enemies and destroyed them, and turned not again until I had finished them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:39 @ And I have crushed them and wounded them so that they could not rise. [Yea], they have fallen under my feet.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:40 @ For You have girded me [with] strength to battle. You have subdued under me those who rose up against me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:41 @ You have also given me the necks of my enemies; I silenced those who hate me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:42 @ They looked, but [there was] none to save; to the LORD, but He did not answer them.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:43 @ Then I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I stamped them like the mire of the streets [and] spread them out.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:44 @ You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people, You have kept me the head of the nations. A people I knew not shall serve me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:45 @ Strangers shall submit themselves to me. As soon as they hear, they shall obey me.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:46 @ Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their strongholds.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:47 @ The LORD lives! And blessed [be] my Rock, and exalted be the God, the Rock of my salvation.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:48 @ It [is] God who avenges me and who brings down the peoples under me,

mkjv@2Samuel:22:49 @ and who brings me forth from my enemies. You also lift me up on high above those rising up against me. You deliver me from the violent man.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:50 @ Therefore, I will give thanks to You, O LORD, among the heathen, and I will sing praises to Your name.

mkjv@2Samuel:22:51 @ [He is] the Tower of salvation for His king, and He shows mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, forevermore.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:1 @ And these [are] the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said:

mkjv@2Samuel:23:2 @ The Spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word [was] in my tongue.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:3 @ The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me: he who rules over men justly, ruling [in] the fear of God,

mkjv@2Samuel:23:4 @ is as the light of the morning, as the sun rises, a morning without clouds. The tender grass [springs] out of the earth through shining after rain.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:5 @ Although my house [is] not so with God, yet He has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure. For all my salvation, and all my desire, will He not make it grow?

mkjv@2Samuel:23:6 @ But the wicked, all of them, [shall be] like a thorn thrust away, because they cannot be taken by the hand.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:7 @ But the man who shall touch them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. And they shall be utterly burned in [their] place.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:8 @ These [are] the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth the Tachmonite, chief of the three; he [was called] Adino the Eznite, because of the eight hundred [he] killed at one time.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:9 @ And after him [was] Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were gathered there to battle; and the men of Israel had gone up;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:10 @ [he] arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and until his hand clung to the sword. And the LORD worked a great victory that day. And the people returned after him only to spoil.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:11 @ And next [was] Shammah the son of Agee the Hararite. And the Philistines were gathered together into a troop, where there was a piece of ground full of lentils. And the people fled from the Philistines.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:12 @ But he stood in the middle of the ground and delivered it, and killed the Philistines. And the LORD worked a great victory.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:13 @ And three of the thirty chief men went down and came to David in the harvest time into the cave of Adullam. And the troop of the Philistines pitched in the Valley of the Giants.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:14 @ And David [was] then in a stronghold, and the fort of the Philistines [was] then in Bethlehem.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:15 @ And David longed and said, Oh that someone would give me a drink from the water of the well of Bethlehem by the gate!

mkjv@2Samuel:23:16 @ And the three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem by the gate, and took [it], and brought [it] to David. But he would not drink of it, but poured it out to the LORD.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:17 @ And he said, Be it far from me, O LORD, that I should do this. [Is it not] the blood of the men who went [in danger of] their lives? And he would not drink it. These three mighty men did these [things].

mkjv@2Samuel:23:18 @ And Abishai the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, [was] chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred [and] killed [them], and had the name among three.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:19 @ Surely he was honored more than the three. And he was their commander. However he did not attain to the [first] three.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:20 @ And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a son of a mighty man, great [in] deeds. He killed two lion-like men of Moab. He went down also and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in time of snow.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:21 @ And he killed an Egyptian, a man of form. And the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian's hand, and killed him with his own spear.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:22 @ These [things] did Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, and had the name among three mighty ones.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:23 @ He was more honorable than the thirty, but he did not attain to the [first] three. And David set him over his guard.

mkjv@2Samuel:23:24 @ Asahel the brother of Joab [was] of the thirty; Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:25 @ Shammah the Harodite; Elika the Harodite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:26 @ Helez the Paltite; Ira the son of Ikkesh, the Tekoite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:27 @ Abiezer the Anathothite; Mebunnai the Hushathite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:28 @ Zalmon the Ahohite; Maharai the Netophathite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:29 @ Heleb the son of Baanah, a Netophathite; Ittai the son of Ribai out of Gibeah, of the sons of Benjamin;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:30 @ Benaiah the Pirathonite; Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:31 @ Abialbon the Arbathite; Azmaveth the Barhumite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:32 @ Eliahba the Shaalbonite, of the sons of Jashen; Jonathan;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:33 @ Shammah the Hararite; Ahiam the son of Sharer, the Hararite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:34 @ Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maachathite; Eliam the son of Ahithophel, the Gilonite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:35 @ Hezrai the Carmelite; Paarai the Arbite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:36 @ Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah; Bani the Gadite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:37 @ Zelek the Ammonite; Naharai the Beerothite, armor-bearer to Joab the son of Zeruiah;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:38 @ Ira, and Ithrite; Gareb, and Ithrite;

mkjv@2Samuel:23:39 @ Uriah the Hittite-- thirty-seven in all.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:1 @ And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, Go count Israel and Judah.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:2 @ For the king said to Joab the commander of the army, who [was] with him, Go around through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan to Beer-sheba, and count the people so that I may know the number of the people.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:3 @ And Joab said to the king, And may the LORD your God add to the people however many they be, a hundred times as many, and may the eyes of my lord the king see it. But why does my lord the king delight in this thing?

mkjv@2Samuel:24:4 @ But the king's word prevailed against Joab, and against the commanders of the army. And Joab and the commanders of the army went out from the presence of the king to number the people of Israel.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:5 @ And they passed over Jordan and pitched in Aroer, on the right side of the city that [is] in the middle of the Valley of Gad, and to Jazer.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:6 @ And they came to Gilead, and to the land of Tahtim-hodshi. And they came to Dan-jaan, and around to Sidon.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:7 @ And they came to the stronghold of Tyre, and to all the cities of the Hivites and [of] the Canaanites; and went out to the south of Judah, to Beer-sheba.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:8 @ And they went to and fro through all the land, and came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:9 @ And Joab gave the sum of the number of the people to the king. And there were in Israel eight hundred thousand strong men who drew the sword. And the men of Judah [were] five hundred thousand men.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:10 @ And David's heart struck him after he had numbered the people. And David said to the LORD, I have sinned greatly in what I have done. And now, I beseech You, O LORD, take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have done very foolishly.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:11 @ And David rose up in the morning. And the word of the LORD came to the prophet Gad, David's seer, saying,

mkjv@2Samuel:24:12 @ Go and say to David, So says the LORD, I offer you three [things]. Choose one of them, so that I may do [it] to you.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:13 @ And Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come upon you and on your land? Or will you flee three months before your enemies while they pursue you? Or shall there be three days' plague in your land? And advise, and see what answer I shall return to Him who sent me.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:14 @ And David said to Gad, I [am] in great distress. Let us fall now into the hand of the LORD, for His mercies [are] great. And do not let me fall into the hand of man.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:15 @ And the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from the morning even till the time appointed. And there died from the people, from Dan to Beer-sheba, seventy thousand men.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:16 @ And when the angel stretched out his hand upon Jerusalem to destroy it, the LORD turned from the evil, and said to the angel who destroyed the people, Enough! And stay your hand. And the angel of the LORD was by the threshing-place of Araunah the Jebusite.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:17 @ And David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly. But these sheep, what have they done? I pray You, let Your hand be against me and against my father's house.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:18 @ And Gad came that day to David, and said to him, Go up! Rear an altar to the LORD in the threshing-floor of Araunah the Jebusite.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:19 @ And David went up, according to the saying of Gad, as the LORD commanded.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:20 @ And Araunah looked and saw the king and his servants coming on toward him. And Araunah went out and bowed before the king, his face to the ground.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:21 @ And Araunah said, Why has my lord the king come to his servant? And David said, To buy the threshing-floor from you, to build an altar to the LORD, so that the plague may be stayed from the people.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:22 @ And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up what [seems] good to him. Behold, oxen for burnt sacrifice, and threshing instruments, and instruments of the oxen for wood.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:23 @ All these Araunah, like a king, gave to the king. And Araunah said to the king, May the LORD your God accept you.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:24 @ And the king said to Araunah, No, but I will surely buy from you at a price. And I will not offer burnt offerings to the LORD my God [of that which costs me] nothing. And David bought the threshing-floor and the oxen for fifty shekels of silver.

mkjv@2Samuel:24:25 @ And David built there an altar to the LORD, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. And the LORD was entreated for the land, and the plague was stayed from Israel.

mkjv@1Chronicles:6:28 @ And the sons of Samuel: Joel, Vashni, the first-born, and Abijah.

mkjv@1Chronicles:6:33 @ And these [are] the ones who waited with their sons. Of the sons of the Kohathites: Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Samuel,

mkjv@1Chronicles:9:22 @ All these chosen for gatekeepers in the gates [were] two hundred and twelve. These by their genealogies, in their villages, [were] the ones David and Samuel the seer ordained in their set office.

mkjv@1Chronicles:11:3 @ And all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron. And David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD. And they anointed David king over Israel, according to the word of the LORD by Samuel.

mkjv@1Chronicles:26:28 @ and all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated. Whoever had dedicated [anything, it was] at the hand of Shelomith and of his brothers.

mkjv@1Chronicles:29:29 @ And the acts of David the king, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of Samuel the seer, and in the book of Nathan the prophet, and in the book of Gad the seer,

mkjv@2Chronicles:35:18 @ And there was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet. Yea, none of the kings of Israel kept such a Passover as Josiah kept, and the priests, and the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were found, and the people of Jerusalem.

mkjv@Acts:3:24 @ And also all the prophets from Samuel and those following after, as many as spoke, have likewise foretold of these days.

mkjv@Acts:13:20 @ And after that He gave [them] judges for about four hundred and fifty years, until Samuel the prophet.

mkjv@Hebrews:11:32 @ And what more shall I say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and Barak and Samson and Jephthah; also David, and Samuel and the prophets,

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